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Submarine lava tubes and channels
Bulletin of Volcanology, 1986High-resolution, side-looking sonar surveys of the East Pacific rise and seamounts in the eastern Pacific have revealed the common presence of lava tubes and channels in seafloor volcanic terrains. Tube and channel systems commonly issue from small volcanic cones or domes, are continuous for distances of 1–3 km, and are considered to be important in ...
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Lava tube morphology on Etna and evidence for lava flow emplacement mechanisms
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 1999Lava tubes play a pivotal role in the formation of many lava flow fields. A detailed examination of several compound ‘a‘a lava flow fields on Etna confirmed that a complex network of tubes forms at successively higher levels within the flow field, and that tubes generally advance by processes that include flow inflation and tube coalescence.
Calvari, Sonia, Pinkerton, Harry
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2018
The different characteristics of three lava tubes in Tenerife, Canary Islands, are analysed. Cueva del Viento-Sobrado, Cueva de Felipe Reventon and Cueva de los Roques were formed by an eruption of Pico Viejo volcano 27,000 years ago. Geological features of this basaltic lava flow and special topographic aspects of its caves are explained.
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The different characteristics of three lava tubes in Tenerife, Canary Islands, are analysed. Cueva del Viento-Sobrado, Cueva de Felipe Reventon and Cueva de los Roques were formed by an eruption of Pico Viejo volcano 27,000 years ago. Geological features of this basaltic lava flow and special topographic aspects of its caves are explained.
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The structural stability of lunar lava tubes
Icarus, 2017Abstract Mounting evidence from the SELENE, LRO, and GRAIL spacecraft suggests the presence of vacant lava tubes under the surface of the Moon. GRAIL evidence, in particular, suggests that some may be more than a kilometer in width. Such large sublunarean structures would be of great benefit to future human exploration of the Moon, providing shelter ...
David M. Blair +7 more
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Pressurized lunar lava tubes for habitation
2022Lava tubes are subterranean tubes that form as a result of lava flows and extend for long distances beneath the surface of a planet. They are a naturally occurring feature of Earth’s Moon. For decades these cave systems have piqued the interest of researchers, not just for their geological complexity, but also for their potential as a future human ...
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Thermoelastic deformation associated with a lava tube
Bulletin of Volcanology, 2008Active lava tubes have much higher temperatures than the surrounding rocks. Any change in the tube temperature produces a change in the temperature distribution in the rocks and induces a thermoelastic deformation in them. We calculate such a deformation by solving the equilibrium equation of linear thermoelasticity.
DRAGONI, MICHELE, PIOMBO, ANTONELLO
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Multi-robot Mapping of Lava Tubes
2016Terrestrial planetary bodies such as Mars and the Moon are known to harbor volcanic terrain with enclosed lava tube conduits and caves. The shielding from cosmic radiation that they provide makes them a potentially hospitable habitat for life. This motivates the need to explore such lava tubes and assess their potential as locations for future human ...
X. Huang +4 more
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Morphometric analysis of lava tubes
Lava tubes are interesting features for their fundamental role in understanding the formation of lava flow fields on Earth and their implication on the emplacement of lava terrains across the solar system and could provide insights into the thermal evolution of rocky planetary bodies.Alessandro Marraffa +3 more
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