caldera
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Previous investigations revealed that a new lava dome has been developing near the center of the caldera over approximately the past 3,900 years.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
"Having a thorough understanding of Masaya's volcanic activity and its related hazards is critical as around 2 million people live near Masaya and the caldera is a national park and popular tourist destination," Johnson said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 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
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
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
But more modest levels of internal heating have given the moon a subsurface ocean and an icy crust rather than lava-spewing calderas.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 24, 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 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
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