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← GeographyWhich risk increases when basaltic lava erupts underwater?
A)Hyaloclastite formation becomes rapidly accelerated.✓
B)Lava tubes form more extensively.
C)Columnar jointing will be significantly enhanced.
D)Pahoehoe lava textures always dominate.
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Hyaloclastite formation increases underwater because rapid cooling causes brittle fracturing and fragmentation of lava due to thermal stress; therefore, the answer is hyaloclastite formation rather than other lava features because those relate instead mostly to viscosity during subaerial eruptions.
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