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Walvis Ridge MV1203 Expedition In the center of the sawed face we get a great cross-section of pipe vesicles. Pipe vesicles are created by gas (e.g. CO2, SO2) rising upward and coalescing together and as the lava cools the ‘pipes’ are formed by the lava crystallizing around the trapped gas.
Created by Anthony Koppers on Thursday, 23 February 2012
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