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单词 volcanism
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Definition of volcanism in English:

volcanism

(also vulcanism)
noun ˈvɒlkənɪz(ə)m
mass nounGeology
  • Volcanic activity or phenomena.

    extensive volcanism occurred during the Ordovician in the Lake District and Wales
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The onset of volcanism in the region occurred in late Ordovician times, with the earliest eruptions associated with the Eycott and Borrowdale volcanic groups.
    • Carboniferous volcanism, occurring at converging plates margins, both at the Appalachian and at the Ouachita margins, was decidedly not tholeiitic.
    • The radiometric age data combined with the petrography of the volcanics thus indicate two separate events of volcanism in the Danish North Sea.
    • The scattered nature of the outcrop and the possibility of diachronous volcanism mean that all rocks grouped as Dokhan Volcanic Series may not be coeval.
    • This appears to contradict evidence from other areas, particularly Wales where subduction-related volcanism occurs in the late Tremadoc.
 
 

Definition of volcanism in US English:

volcanism

(also vulcanism)
noun
Geology
  • Volcanic activity or phenomena.

    extensive volcanism occurred during the Ordovician in the Lake District and Wales
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The scattered nature of the outcrop and the possibility of diachronous volcanism mean that all rocks grouped as Dokhan Volcanic Series may not be coeval.
    • Carboniferous volcanism, occurring at converging plates margins, both at the Appalachian and at the Ouachita margins, was decidedly not tholeiitic.
    • The radiometric age data combined with the petrography of the volcanics thus indicate two separate events of volcanism in the Danish North Sea.
    • The onset of volcanism in the region occurred in late Ordovician times, with the earliest eruptions associated with the Eycott and Borrowdale volcanic groups.
    • This appears to contradict evidence from other areas, particularly Wales where subduction-related volcanism occurs in the late Tremadoc.
 
 
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