APPENDIX A

Idealized Lava Classification

Unit
phh
aa
slphh
rphh
Characteristic:



Breccia flow top -1 1 1 1
Breccia flow base -1 1 1 0
Spinose aa clinker -1 1 1 -1
Angular vesicles -1 1 0 1
Entrained clasts -1 1 1 1
Core pushing into breccia 0 1 1 1
Slabs in breccia 0 -1 1 1
Welding in basal breccia 0 -1 0 0
Intact pahoehoe lobes in breccia 0 -1 -1 1
Fragmented pahoehoe lobes 0 -1 -1 1
Jigsaw-fit clasts in breccia 0 -1 0 0
Sediment infill in breccia 0 0 0 0
Pseudopeperite texture 0 0 0 0
Pahoehoe flow top 0 0 0 0
Pahoehoe flow base 0 0 0 0
Pahoehoe lobes (intact) 1 -1 0 1
Glassy chill crust 1 -1 1 1
Coherent upper vesicular crust 1 -1 -1 1
Coherent lower vesicular crust 1 -1 -1 1
Round vesicles 1 -1 0 1
HVS 1 0 0 0
%aa -88.46 100.00 65.38 -26.92
%phh 100.00 -98.46 -90.77 18.46
%slphh -48.28 24.14 100.00 62.07
%rphh 36.21 -55.17 -46.55 100.00

Note: phh = pahoehoe, slphh = slab pahoehoe, rphh = rubbly pahoehoe. HVS = horizontal vesicle sheet (Self et al., 1998).