Columnar Joints


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Figure 1 Columnar jointing in (a) basalt of the Columbia Plateau near Banks Lake ~95 cm average diameter, and (b) in corn starch (Goehring et al., 2006).
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Gohering L., Morris, S.W., and Lin, Z., 2006. Experimental investigation of the scaling of columnar joints. PHYSICAL REVIEW E 74, 036115, p. 1-12.
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