Sentences with phrase «produced pumice»

If it was a volcano, maybe it produced pumice which would be quite hot then rapidly cool as it floats to the surface, then would be rafting its way to some distant shore.

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But using an old seafloor map of Havre and satellite data, Carey and her colleagues calculated that more than 75 percent of the material produced by Havre ended up in the 400 - square - kilometer pumice raft.

Based on the size of the 2012 pumice raft, the eruption of the Havre Volcano was estimated to be the largest documented underwater silicic eruption — a particular type of eruption that produces viscous, gas - filled lava that often occurs explosively.