Table T3. Weights assigned to observable characteristics used to distinguish lava types.
Characteristic
Pahoehoe
Aa
Slab pahoehoe
Rubbly pahoehoe
Autobreccia flow top -10 10 10 10
Breccia flow base -10 10 1 0
Spinose aa clinker -10 10 1 -10
Angular vesicles -1 1 0 1
Entrained clasts -10 1 1 1
Core pushing into breccia 0 1 1 1
Slabs in breccia 0 -1 10 1
Welding in basal breccia 0 -1 0 0
Intact pahoehoe lobes in breccia 0 -1 -1 1
Fragmented pahoehoe lobes 0 -1 -1 10
Jigsaw-fit clasts in breccia 0 -1 0 0
Pahoehoe lobes (intact) 1 -10 0 1
Glassy chill crust 1 -1 1 1
Coherent upper vesicular crust 10 -1 -1 10
Coherent lower vesicular crust 10 -1 -1 10
Round vesicles 1 -1 0 1
Horizontal vesicle sheet 1 0 0 0
Maximum possible score 65 52 29 58