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Definitions of volcanoes in various dictionaries:
noun - a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
noun - a mountain formed by volcanic material
noun - an opening in the earth's crust through which molten rock and gases are ejected
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Geologically active, Venus has more of these, like Sif Mons, than any other planet in the Solar System |
Guatemala's scenic Lake Atitlan is surrounded by inactive ones of these |
The island of Tahiti consists of the ancient eroded cones of 2 of these, Nui & Iti |
Scientists figure the earliest atmosphere on Earth was from gases emitted by these |
The high islands like Viti Levu in the Fiji group & Kao in the Tonga group were formed by these |
Examples of this explosive phenomena on Mars include Ascraeus Mons & Pavonis Mons |
Turn on the lava lamp for Pele, a Polynesian goddess of these geographic features |
On the explosivity index for these, Krakatoa got a 6 but Tambora in 1812 rated a 7 |
It's been proposed that sulfate aerosols from these geological phenomena killed off the dinosaurs |
It's been proposed that sulfate aerosols from these geological phenomena killed off the dinosaurs |
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A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. * Earth's volcanoes occur because its crust is broken into 17 major, rigid tectonic plates that float on a hotter, softer layer in its mantle. Therefore, on Earth, volcanoes are generally found where tectonic plates are diverging or converging, and most are found underwater. For example, a mid-oceanic ridge, such as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, has volcanoes caused by divergent tectonic plates whereas the Pacific Ring of Fire has volcanoes caused by convergent tectonic plates. Volcanoes can also form where there is stretching and thinning of the crust's plates, e.g., in the East African Rift and the Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field and Rio Grande Rift in North America. This type of volcanism falls under the umbrella of "plate hypothesis" volcanism. Volcanism away from plate boundaries has also been explained as mantl |