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Definition

A tuya is a flat-topped constructional table mountain formed during a subglacial volcanic eruption.

Synonyms

Stapi (Icelandic) (Kjartansson 1943); Table mountain (but note that not all table mountains are tuyas)

Description

Tuyas on Earth have pillow lavas and breccias, bedded deposits of hyaloclastite, and a cap of lava (Mathews 1947; Edwards et al. 2011) (Figs. 1 and 2).

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Structure of a tuya (Fig. 2 from Jakobsson and Gudmundsson 2008) (a) water, (b) pillow lava, (c) hyaloclastite, (d) cap lava, (e) intrusion, (f) flow-foot breccia

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Stevenson, J.A. (2014). Tuya. In: Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9213-9_388-1

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