volcanic vent

collocation in English

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volcanic
adjective
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/vɒlˈkæn.ɪk/us
/vɑːlˈkæn.ɪk/
of, relating to, or made by a volcano (= a mountain with a hole at the top through which hot liquid rock is or has been ...
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vent
noun
uk
/vent/us
/vent/
a small opening that allows air, smoke, or gas to enter or leave a ...
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(Definition ofvolcanicandventfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Blocks can be enormous and may be transported great distances from thevolcanicvent.
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This eruption was explosive in nature, due to melt water getting into thevolcanicvent.
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It was created by lava flowing downhill from avolcanicventlocated north of the cave.
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It provides exposures of internal volcanic structure, including avolcanicvent.
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These volcanics originated from avolcanicventthat remains unidentified.
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The cirque, erroneously believed to be avolcanicvent, was exposed by recent glacial retreat.
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Its massive level rock columns were constructed inside the mainvolcanicventof a stratovolcano that has since been reduced by erosion.
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Dacite and rhyolite lavas are usually too viscous to flow far from avolcanicvent, resulting in the formation of lava domes.
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This is unusually long for a dacite flow, which commonly travel only short distances from avolcanicventdue to their high viscosity.
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They are created when molten lava travels away from avolcanicventand expands an old shoreline.
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As a result, subglacial volcanoes that erupt silicic content melt less qualities of ice and are not as likely to contain water close to thevolcanicvent.
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This increases the heat transfer which leads to the rapid expansion of water and fragmentation of the magma into small particles which are subsequently ejected from thevolcanicvent.
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If water were to enter avolcanicventthat is erupting basaltic lava, it may create a massive explosive eruption.
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The vent is best described as a diatreme, defined as avolcanicventblasted through solid rock by exploding gases.
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Therefore, the existence of water, snow, or glacial ice at avolcanicventwould increase the risk of an eruption having a large impact on the surrounding region.
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They are built by ejecta from avolcanicvent, piling up around the vent in the shape of a cone with a central crater.
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It consists of subvolcanic intrusions of a partly preservedvolcanicventand felsic volcanic rocks that were erupted from the vent.
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The volcanic vents yielding the emanations are themselves called mofette.
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Because these four areas are well apart, each area probably has its own volcanic vents.
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Secondary volcanic vents may form above the ring fracture.
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