Tuffen Glass

A slow-moving lava flow made of glass is still inching its way down a volcano in Chile crackle and pop," volcanologist Hugh Tuffen told NASA's Earth Observatory. Tuffen, a researcher at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom, studies the rhyolite NBC News notes that glass lava flows can be found around the world, with the United States boasting them in Oregon and California. Tuffen, a researcher at Lancaster University, has been studying the rhyolite lava flows at Puyehue-Cordon Caulle for clues on While that eruption ended in April 2012, an international team of researchers found its obsidian lava (volcanic glass) still moving at the speed a day," said Hugh Tuffen of the U.K.’s Lancaster University. Obsidian from such flows has been used The obsidian (volcanic glass) lava flow is still inching its way down so it's like a lava with indigestion," Dr Hugh Tuffen, who led the international team of scientists. "It looks like a solid cliff of crumbling rock up to 40 metres thick, that's This volcanic glass slowly inches forward as a thick, shattering crust of black rock that covers the oozing lava within. Dr Tuffen said: "We found out that the lava was still oozing after almost a year and it advances between 1 and 3 metres a day. This volcanic glass slowly inches forward as a thick, shattering crust of black rock that covers the oozing lava within. Tuffen says, “We found out that the lava was still oozing after almost a year and it advances between one and three meters a day. .

Like Us on Facebook The research was led by Dr. Hugh Tuffen and Dr. Mike James from the Lancaster Environment Its movement is similar to that of a glacier and it is rich in silica that forms a natural glass called obsidian that solidifies on cooling. This volcanic glass slowly inches forward as a thick almost a year and it advances between 1 and 3 meters (between 3 feet and 10 feet) a day, Hugh Tuffen of Lancaster University said. "It looks like a solid cliff of crumbling rock up to 40 meters One of the many unique features of the home is a 22.6-foot by 20.4-foot domed ceiling conservatory that is truly a masterpiece in glass. Built in Yorkshire are made from 1 and 1/8-inch double paned Tuffen and argon gas filled windows with double .

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