caldera
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Anak Krakatau, which means Child of Krakatoa, has been sporadically active since it emerged from the sea at the beginning of last century in the caldera formed after the 1883 eruption of Mount Krakatoa.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The volcano has been sporadically active since it emerged from the sea at the beginning of last century in the caldera that formed after the 1883 eruption of Mount Krakatoa.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Anak Krakatoa, which means Child of Krakatoa, has been sporadically active since it emerged from the sea at the beginning of last century in the caldera formed after the 1883 eruption of Mount Krakatoa.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
A lava dome has been forming near the center of Kikai caldera for approximately 3,900 years.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
As soon as Christiansen saw the photos he realized why he had failed to spot the caldera: virtually the whole park–2.2 million acres–was caldera.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
"This magma re-injection model is consistent with the existence of large shallow magma reservoirs beneath other giant calderas like Yellowstone and Toba," says Seama.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Earth MRI has already shown that lithium prospectors need not stick to calderas.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 1, 2023
Relics of primordial geological violence are everywhere: plunging rifts and canyons, volcanic calderas, ancient lava flow and a vast, surreal, white desert, almost lunar.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
The couple responsible for the film’s entrancing reels of explosions and rivers of molten rock — collected over decades of expeditions to active calderas around the globe — are French volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2022
During the night we approached Palma, another large island of the Canary group, containing one of the most remarkable calderas, or large basins, formed by volcanic action in the world.
From A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Annie Brassey
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