caldera

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17:38 Aug 1, 2009
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Science - Geology
Additional field(s): Geography
English term or phrase: caldera
Definition from CENGAGE Learning:
A vast depression at the top of a volcanic cone, formed when an eruption substantially empties the reservoir of magma beneath the cone's summit. Eventually the summit collapses inward, creating a caldera. A caldera may be more than 15 kilometers in diameter and more than 1000 meters deep.

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  • Subsequent eruptions from the Long Valley magma chamber were confined within the caldera with extrusions of relatively hot (crystal-free) rhyolite 700,000 to 600,000 years ago as the caldera floor was upwarped to form the resurgent dome followed by extrusions of cooler, crystal-rich moat rhyolite at 200,000-year intervals (500,000, 300,000, and 100,000 years ago) in clockwise succession around the resurgent dome. USGS
  • Calderas tend to form after a series of large eruptions. Usually a new volcano starts to grow inside, eventually covering it. About.com: Geology
  • Over the course of several hundred years following the creation of the caldera, rain and snow filled the basin to a depth of 1,943 feet (592 meters). Crater Lake today is the nation’s deepest lake. Crater lake
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Kaldera


Definition from Wikipedia:
Kaldera (av spansk for «gryte») er rund forsenkning opptil 20 km i diameter eller avlangt basseng dannet i vulkanske strøk ved at taket over et område med flytende massene i dypet bryter sammen (innstyrtningskrater). Nye vulkaner kan skyte opp i forsenkningen, som etter hvert fylles av erosjonsprodukter og vulkanske bergarter.

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  • I enkelte tilfeller er utbruddene helt eksplosive, og det dannes ikke noen vulkan i vanlig topografisk forstand, men bare et stort eksplosjonskrater. Man kan også få større ringformede innsynkninger, kalderaer, ved sammensynkninger av magmakammere under vulkanen. - Store norske leksikon  
  • Vulkanen Darwin er den nest-nordligste vulkanen på Isabela, mellom vulkanen Wolf i nord og Alcedo i syd. Også denne er symetrisk, og når en høyde av 1.325, noe som gjør den til den femte høyeste vulkanen på Galapagos. Den har en stort sentral kaldera, nesten 5 km i diameter, og er 200 m dyp. - Vulkaner.no  
Hakon Vinje
United States
Local time: 16:38
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian
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Caldera


Definition from http://www.vulkaner.no:
Caldera: Det spanske ordet for gryte/stor kjele, en bassengformet vulkansk deformasjon; vanligvis minst 1,6 km i diameter.

Example sentence(s):
  • Crater Lake ligger i den best kjente calderaen i Cascades fjellene i det vestlige USA. - Vulkaner.no  
michareisel (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 22:38
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in DutchDutch
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