Photo Glossary: Hawaii's Amazing Volcanic Rocks
When you buy through links on our site , we may pull in an affiliate delegation . Here ’s how it work . Pahoehoe Pahoehoe is the Hawaiian word for a ropy , wrinkled - looking lava flowing . The smooth surface makes a piercing line to blocky ' a’aflows , Hawaii ’s other usual lava flow type . Often , a unmarried lava flow can switch back and forth between pahoehoe and ' a’a as conditions such as side steepness and deprivation of gas pedal and heat modification ....