Showing posts with label lava. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lava. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Is a lavafall a landslide?

The Mountain Cat Geology blog has an astonishing image of a lavafall in Iceland following the recent eruption (click on the image for a better view in a new window):

I wonder whether this is technically a landslide, given that it is a mass movement consisting entirely of rock?