[[Image:Lava_delta.JPG|thumb|300px|Aerial view of lava delta (center, left of volcanic fume) growing seaward at Kamoamoa on Kilauea Volcano, [[Hawaii|Hawai`i]].]]
A '''lava delta''' is formed by [[Lavalava]] entering the [[sea]] often builds and building a wide , fan-shaped area of new land called a '''lava delta'''. Such new land is usually built on sloping layers of loose [[lava]] fragments and flows. On steep submarine slopes, these layers of debris are unstable and often lead to the sudden collapse of '''lava deltas''' into the sea.<ref>http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Products/Pglossary/LavaDelta.html</ref>
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