eruption
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The eruption of chaos in the stadium was certainly helped by the fact that the fan groups hated each other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The extended day has always been a sad fact of French school life and can hardly account for the present eruption.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The park service said earthquakes during the 2018 Kīlauea volcano eruption and summit collapse had damaged the cliffs near the arch.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Renne and his colleagues had already used sanidine from pumice produced during the 79 CE eruption to test argon-argon dating.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
On the other hand, David Johnston had been concerned about a violent eruption since the moment he set foot on Mount St. Helens.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Several months later, eruptions have weakened to intermittent explosions, but the threat of renewed activity remains.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Earlier geological surveys had interpreted the local breccia rocks as evidence of a funnel-shaped volcanic structure called a diatreme, which forms when explosive magma eruptions create a pipe filled with shattered rock.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Its activity shifted back toward a more typical pattern of Strombolian eruptions, which involve periodic bursts of ash and other volcanic material.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Even a single volcano can produce eruptions through very different processes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
In the decade following the catastrophic eruption of Mount St. Helens, scientists accurately forecasted fourteen subsequent eruptions to within days or weeks.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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