volcanism
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of volcanism
Vocabulary lists containing volcanism
Earth Science - Middle School
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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
Notably, this happened without the presence of a deep mantle plume, challenging long-held assumptions about the source of such volcanism.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2025
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
As we found volcanism to be a macrotelluric manifestation of functional sulphur, we find in the process of snow-formation a corresponding manifestation of functional phosphorus.
From Man or Matter by Ernst Lehrs
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