caldera

Slovak translation: kaldera

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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
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Kaldera (zo špan. "kotol") je sopečný útvar, vytvorený prepadnutím stien sopky.
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Definition from Wikipedia:
Kaldera (zo špan. "kotol") je sopečný útvar, vytvorený prepadnutím stien sopky.

Example sentence(s):
  • Niekedy vzniká kaldera aj silnou explóziou, keď je celý vrch sopky odhodený, prípadne aj eróznou činnosťou. Jednotlivé mechanizmy sa aj kombinujú. - Wikipedia  
  • kaldera lievikovitý pažerák sopky - Internet  
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