10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PELE'S HAIR»
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NOTES ON THE VOLCANOES OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Pele's hair from Kilauea in 1864 ; both protoxide and peroxide of iron were
present, but owing to the presence of oxide of manganese the proportions could
not be determined. III. Pele's hair from Kilauea in 1840 (United States Exploring ...
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Volcanoes in the Sea: The Geology of Hawaii
Figure 2.8. Pele's hair (right) and Pele's tears (left). them thin threads of viscous
liquid lava that also freezes in the air to form slender glassy filaments called
Pele's hair (fig. 2.8). The threads, sometimes a meter long, may drift in the wind
for ...
Gordon Andrew Macdonald, Agatin Townsend Abbott, Frank L. Peterson, 1983
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Hawai_i Volcano Watch: A Pictorial History, 1779-1991
Pele's hair a ubiquitous product of eruptions of Kilauea and Mauna Loa. A,
sample collected in 1989 from an active lava tube on Kilauea's southeast flank.
This is the "true" Pete's hair, which has the texture and pliability of human hair:
much of ...
Thomas Llewellyn Wright, 1992
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Contributions to Geochemistry, 1949
PELE'S HAIR The threads of rock glass drawn out by flying clots of molten lava
during bubbling or fountaining stages of volcanic activity have long been called
Pele's hair (Dana, 1890, p. 160), and have been described by various observers
...
Walter Wallace Brannock, 1953
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Volcanoes (ENHANCED eBook): A Comprehensive Hands-on Science ...
CINDER. is gravel-like rock fragments that can be blown for many miles. Smaller
parts of cinder are called Pele's Tears and Pele's Hair. • The smallest rock
fragment is called. ash. and looks like ashes left after a fire. Volcanic ash can rise
into ...
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U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
"Pele's hair" (Lyons), ornose-camptonose, '1II.5.3.4(5). Kilauea, Hawaii. Analyst,
A. B. Lyons, loc. cit. 19. Basalt (Lyons), ornose, 'III. (4)5. 3'. 5. Koolau Mountains,
Oahu. Analyst, A. B. Lyons, loc. cit. 20. Basalt, "kilaueite" (Silvestri), auvergnose, ...
7
Igneous Rocks and Processes: A Practical Guide
The most spectacular form, known as Pele's hair (after the Hawaiian goddess of
volcanoes) consists of fine filaments of brown basaltic glass, less than 0.5 mm in
diameter and lava vesicles (typically zeolite, analcite or calcite in basalts). of thick
...
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
Pele's hair "A natural spun glass formed by blowing-out during quiet foun- taining
of fluid lava, cascading lava falls, or turbulent flows, sometimes in association
with Pele's tears. A single strand, with a diameter of less than half a millimeter,
may ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1987
Lava — Erupted magma. - Magma — Molten rock beneath the earth's surface. -
Pahoehoe ("pah-HOY-hoy") — Smooth, fluid-looking lava of varying types, such
as ropy and entrail. - Pele's hair — Long, thin strands of volcanic glass blown into
...
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Explosive Volcanism: Inception, Evolution, and Hazards
... truncation (see Figure 9.7): (1) basal wind-redeposited Pele's hair and lapilli of
basaltic pumice; (2) predominately well-sorted vitric ash, generally with more or
less continuous planar mantle bedding; (3) somewhat less well-sorted lithic-vitric
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PELE'S HAIR»
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Pele's hair is used in the context of the following news items.
A Lesson in Stewardship
They knelt to pull shoots of invasive ginger from the paths, and to study shining strands of Pele's hair. “By coming to the park, they're learning to ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
Exploring Hawaii Island: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
In addition to the gas itself, Ferracane said Pele's hair is one of the hazards that prompted the partial closure of Crater Rim Drive. The park also ... «KHON2, May 15»
VOLCANO WATCH: Volcanic Ash Lands at Jaggar Museum
These glass fragments can be Pele's hair, Pele's tears, tiny hollow spherules, and finer material that is simply called ash. Wind then blows them ... «Big Island Now, May 15»
Kilauea Summit Lava Lake Rises To Highest Point
The gas plume typically includes a small amount of ash-sized tephra (mostly fresh spatter bits and Pele's hair from the circulating lava lake). «Big Island Video News, Apr 15»
HVO downgrades Kilauea alert level from warning to watch
Ash fall: Small amounts of ash consisting of volcanic glass (Pele's hair) and pulverized rock may drift downwind from Halemaʻumaʻu. «KHON2, Mar 15»
VOLCANO WATCH: Halema'uma'u Crater Eruption Turns Seven
... amount of ash and fine particles (for example, Pele's hair). To date, the lava within the summit vent has not flowed out of the Overlook crater. «Big Island Now, Mar 15»
Experimental 'Lunar Sidewalk' to be installed in Hilo
“You take basalt fibers, similar to Pele's Hair which we get out of the volcanoes, and compress it into rebar form and use epoxy to hold it ... «West Hawaii Today, Mar 15»
'Island on Fire:' the volcano the world can't afford to forget
This was the first description of what volcanologists today refer to as Pele's hair – thin strands of volcanic glass formed by molten particles ... «Colorado Public Radio, Mar 15»
Page Turners
... few things thrilled me more than the fiery fountains of Kilauea and the phenomenon of spun-glass Pele's hair. One great gift of science, we're ... «Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Feb 15»
Into Vanuatu's Volcanic Wonderland
Look down, and you see thin needles of volcanic glass (known as “Pele's hair”) scattered on top of small ash spherules and crushed basaltic ... «Wired, Feb 15»
