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Description: Pahoehoe flows are fast, hot mafic fluid and develop smooth, hummocky, or ropy surfaces when they solidify. Aa flows, which are lower in temperature and more viscous than pahoehoe, develop a rough surface of broken lava blocks. Here an aa flow is advancing over a previously solidified pahoehoe flow
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