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magma

[mag-muh] / ˈmæg mə /
NOUN
lava
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By identifying areas where the waves moved at lower velocities, the researchers were able to pinpoint the likely location of magma.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

When those signs are absent, however, even enormous quantities of magma can remain undetected within Earth's crust.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

Superheating also reorganizes the magma at a microscopic level, making its internal structure more uniform and less favorable for new crystals to develop.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

These changes can affect both the speed at which magma rises and the ease with which volcanic gases escape.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

Orange-striped magma swirled and hissed around her, searching for a weak point in the metal casing.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

"When we analyzed these samples, we found that their gold concentrations are often several times higher than those of comparable magmas from mid-ocean ridges," says Timm.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

To be certain, the researchers performed tens of thousands of computer simulations of zircons forming from magmas mixed with seawater, rainwater, or some combination of both.

From Science Magazine Apr. 30, 2024

The team took this as evidence that these two sets of zircons formed from shallow magmas that interacted with freshwater.

From Science Magazine Apr. 30, 2024

Understanding what went into making TTGs and the magmas they formed from has been difficult, because so many geological processes occurred between their initial melting and ultimate crystallization.

From Science Daily Jan. 31, 2024

The very great viscosity of acid magmas prevents their molecules, especially when cooling takes place suddenly, from arranging themselves to form discrete crystals, and is the principal cause of the production of felsitic ground-masses.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various




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