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fissure eruption

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noun

  1. the emergence of lava from a fissure in the ground rather than from a volcanic cone or vent

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The platinum spike may have come from a volcanic fissure eruption in Iceland rather than an object from space.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

Reykjavik's Meteorological Office said that just after midnight an estimated 1-km-long fissure eruption began in a lava field north of the Vatnajokull glacier, which covers part of Bardarbunga system.

From Scientific American • Aug. 29, 2014

"The main eruption was in April, but in March there was a fissure eruption which was a precursor to the much larger eruption."

From Scientific American • Aug. 29, 2014

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