caldera

They deduce that, overnight, instruments have recorded a tightening cluster of earthquakes beneath Yellowstone’s vast caldera, which is roughly 55–70 kilometers across.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 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 Krakatau.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

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

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

In particular what he couldn’t find was a structure known as a 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

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

The lava in the calderas boils because of escaping steam, but the vapor emitted is comparatively little, and seldom hangs above the summits in heavy clouds.

From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton