Pipe vesicles in Hawaiian basaltic lavas: Their origin and potential as paleoslope indicators

Research Article| January 01, 1987 Pipe vesicles in Hawaiian basaltic lavas: Their origin and potential as paleoslope indicators George P. L. Walker George P. L. Walker 1Hawaii Institute of Geophysics, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Geology (1987) 15 (1): 84–87. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1987)15<84:PVIHBL>2.0.CO;2 Article history first online: 01 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation George P. L. Walker; Pipe vesicles in Hawaiian basaltic lavas: Their origin and potential as paleoslope indicators. Geology 1987;; 15 (1): 84–87. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1987)15<84:PVIHBL>2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract Study of several Hawaiian tholeiitic volcanoes shows that pipe vesicles form only in thin pahoehoe flow units standing on a ground slope of less than about 4°. The vesicles thus have potential as paleoslope indicators. Two examples are given of their use to deduce that the steep dip of certain intracaldera lavas is due to tilting. Pipe vesicles are attributed to gas bubbles rising through lava at a stage in its cooling history when it had acquired a yield strength of a few tens of N · m2 sufficient to prevent closure of lava behind the bubbles. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.