lava plateau

lava plateau
   A broad elevated tableland or flat-topped highland that may be localized but commonly is many hundreds or thousands of square kilometers in extent, underlain by a thick succession of basaltic lava flows resulting from fissure eruptions (e.g., Columbia River Plateau).
   Compare: lava plain, lava field.
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Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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