volcanism
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of volcanism
Vocabulary lists containing volcanism
Earth Science - Middle School
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Example Sentences
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In this case, recent geological activity such as widespread volcanism would have resurfaced the planet.
From Science Daily • May 5, 2026
But if many erupted, he says, a feedback loop could take hold, with ice loss leading to more volcanism, and more eruptions to more ice loss and consequent sea-level rise.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 2, 2024
“Iceland is essentially one of the best places in the world to study this … because we have both volcanism and glaciers,” volcanologist Michelle Parks of the Icelandic Meteorological Office told Reuters.
From Salon • Oct. 28, 2024
"What's remarkable is that Mars' volcanism has incredible similarities, but also differences, to Earth," said Day.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2024
A contrast, indeed, between this quiet emergence of forms from levity into gravity, and the form-denying volcanism surging up out of gravity into levity, as shown by the ever-restless activity of the Solfatara.
From Man or Matter by Lehrs, Ernst
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