Columnar jointing is a geological structure where sets of intersecting closely spaced fractures, referred to as joints, result in the formation of a regular...

Columnar jointing of volcanic rocks exists in many places on Earth. Perhaps the most famous basalt lava flow in the world is the Giant's Causeway in Northern...

Columnar jointing is also known as either columnar structure, prismatic joints, or prismatic jointing Systematic joints are planar, parallel, joints that...

wall with columnar jointing labeled Picture taken with HiRISE. Columnar jointing on the Earth. Columnar jointing on the Earth. Columnar Jointing in Yellowstone...

Island, South Korea. It is named for jusangjeolli, the Korean term for columnar jointing. The cliff was formed when the lava from the island's volcano Hallasan...

columnar jointing, low-dipping primary joints, amygdules, sedimentary dikes, and flow breccias. Evidence for past volcanic activity includes columnar...

This geological structure, known as basalt columns or sometimes columnar jointing, is found in several places in Iceland, but Stuðlagil is notable for...

of columnar jointing in igneous rhyolite, the same process that formed Devils Tower in Wyoming and the Giant's Causeway in Ireland. The columnar jointing...

represent the cross-sections of polygonal, typically hexagonal joints, called columnar jointing, that formed as the result of the cooling of basaltic lava...

discovered columnar jointing in rocks on Mars. Such jointing is accepted as having involved water. To make the parallel cracks of columnar jointing, more cooling...

with its widely distributed tuff volcanic rocks displaying prismatic columnar jointing, which are of international geological significance the Northeast...

Rocks") is a geological formation in Southern Iceland, consisting of columnar jointing of volcanic rocks. The formation appears as vertical, hexagonal columns...

technique in encryption Columnar jointing, a geological structure shaped as a regular array of polygonal prisms Columnar basalt, a type of rock formed during...

1080/00107518408210979. Spry, Alan (January 1962). "The origin of columnar jointing, particularly in basalt flows". Journal of the Geological Society...

locations in 2009. Columnar jointing in a crater in Marte Vallis Columnar jointing on Earth Columnar jointing on Earth Columnar Jointing in Yellowstone National...

columnar jointing. The columns typically have three to eight sides, six being most common. The columns are also divided horizontally by cross joints....

of phonolite rock in the crater of the volcano. The lava dome has columnar jointing, which formed during cooling of the lava. The volcanic cone containing...

contrasts markedly with the grey-black latite, which displays spectacular columnar jointing elsewhere in the quarry. Isolated columns 5–5 meters in height stand...

to: Columnar basalt Columnar joints Basalt Columns [uk], a geological nature monument near the village Bazaltove, Ukraine List of places with columnar jointed...

the High Island Reservoir, the island is known for its hexagonal columnar jointing. The island was originally a cape connected to the mainland, but eventually...

buttes are composed of igneous intrusive phonolite which exhibits columnar jointing. The rocks of the buttes have been interpreted to be part of a laccolith...

solidified flow is called the entablature, while the lower part that shows columnar jointing is called the colonnade. (The terms are borrowed from Greek temple...

40 feet (12 m) in height, are composed of basalt and exhibit clear columnar jointing (a feature common to many basalt cliffs, including those of Devils...

evenly, which is why the columns are so long and so symmetrical. Columnar jointing occurs when certain types of lava contract while cooling. A glacier...

addition of stairs, walkways and hanging bridges for easier access. Columnar jointing Wikimedia Commons has media related to Basaltic Prisms of Santa María...

honeycomb. Columnar jointing is not limited to rhyolite formations. The Devils Honeycomb is a smaller example of the sort of columnar jointing found at...

of the landscape, particularly alpine areas, with many examples of columnar jointing. Early Jurassic activity resulted in the formation of dolerite intrusion...

Crater during the 1969–1971 Mauna Ulu eruption of Kilauea volcano Columnar jointing in the Alcantara Gorge, Sicily A laccolith of granite (light-coloured)...

(7 ft) in diameter and has columnar jointing due to the large cooling surface. Other tubes have concentric and radial jointing features. These tubes are...

effusive and thicken as the lava cools much more slowly, often forming columnar jointing. Well-preserved tuyas show all of these stages, for example Hjorleifshofdi...