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Lava Flows. The major eruptive product of Hawaiian volcanoes is lava. Lava flows can form during fountaining eruptions or they can well out of the ground with little or no pyroclastic activity. There are two major types of basaltic lava flow, ' a'a and pahoehoe.ava flows can form during fountaining eruptions or they can well out of the ground with little or no pyroclastic activity.
Since Yellowstoneâs last caldera-forming eruption 640,000 years ago, about 30 eruptions of rhyolitic lava flows have nearly filled the Yellowstone Caldera. Other flows of rhyolite and basalt (a more fluid variety of lava) also have been extruded outside the caldera.ava Flows and Associated Hazards at Yellowstone. The most likely type of volcanic eruption at Yellowstone would produce lava flows of either rhyolite or basalt.