Transcript. Volcanic Rock Helps Predict Speed of Future Lava Flow. Published: November 6, 2018. Olivier Namur: We know that the composition of this volcano are low in silica, very low, below 40 ...

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Clinton, N.Y. -- As lava burst through the ground from a volcano in Hawaii last week, scientists scooped some up, cooled it off and shipped it a continent and half an ocean away to Hamilton College.

Bill Whitaker was there as lava flowed from a volcano in Iceland in 2021, covering the landscape in molten rock. He returned to see what scientists have learned from the eruption.

Update 6/15/18 at 4:30 p.m. EST: Per the USGS: University of Hawaii at Hilo scientists, who are conducting chemical analysis of the lava, said the olivine they're seeing in eruptive products does ...