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caldera

[kal-der-uh, kawl-] / kælˈdɛr ə, kɔl- /
NOUN
crater
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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Because much of the caldera lies beneath the sea, scientists could conduct broad and systematic surveys across the volcanic structure.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

Poços de Caldas, a city built in the caldera of an extinct volcano, has become one of the centers of the rush.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

These findings support a broader model explaining how magma reservoirs beneath caldera volcanoes refill over time.

From Science Daily Mar. 29, 2026

The finding, led by Kobe University researchers studying Japan's Kikai caldera, offers new insight into how massive caldera systems such as Yellowstone and Toba evolve over time and may help improve future eruption forecasting.

From Science Daily Mar. 29, 2026

Yellowstone obviously was of this second type, but Christiansen couldn’t find the caldera anywhere.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

The findings support a broader model in which fresh magma gradually enters and rebuilds reservoirs beneath giant calderas after major eruptions.

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

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

The valley was wide and flat, pocked with gaping calderas that blew enormous plumes of steam into the air, like sideways clouds drifting into the sky.

From New York Times Mar. 3, 2020

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 Brassey, Annie




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