volcanism
Origin of volcanism
1- Also vulcanism.
Words Nearby volcanism
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How to use volcanism in a sentence
It also suggests factors like plate tectonics and volcanism play a critical role in mediating habitable conditions, and we need to find ways of investigating these things on distant worlds as well.
The next Venus missions will tell us about habitable worlds elsewhere | Neel V. Patel | June 9, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThe orbiter will map the surface with radar, chart elevations to make 3-D maps and look for plate tectonics and volcanism still ongoing on Venus.
NASA will be heading back to Venus for the first time in decades | Lisa Grossman | June 2, 2021 | Science NewsEven on these planets, Foley says, “we still have volcanism,” because there’s still hot rock circulating beneath that heavy lid.
How the Earth-shaking theory of plate tectonics was born | Carolyn Gramling | January 13, 2021 | Science NewsFarnsworth, paleontologist Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza of University College London and their colleagues evaluated how different dinosaur habitats would be affected under various impact and volcanism scenarios.
An asteroid impact, not volcanism, may have made Earth unlivable for dinosaurs | Megan Sever | July 17, 2020 | Science NewsNo volcanism scenario showed such total habitat destruction, the team found.
An asteroid impact, not volcanism, may have made Earth unlivable for dinosaurs | Megan Sever | July 17, 2020 | Science News
Volcanoes and volcanism are not restricted to the planet Earth.
Volcanoes | Robert I. TillingLassen Peak, some wise men believe, is the last exhibit of activity in the dying volcanism of the Cascade Mountains.
The Book of the National Parks | Robert Sterling YardThus, active volcanism is taking place, at present, on at least one planetary body in addition to our Earth.
Volcanoes | Robert I. Tilling
British Dictionary definitions for volcanism
vulcanism
/ (ˈvɒlkəˌnɪzəm) /
those processes collectively that result in the formation of volcanoes and their products
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