magmatic
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- adjective
- /mæɡˈmætɪk/
- Specialized
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magmático
- Scientists study magmatic activity to better understand how volcanoes form and erupt.
- magmatic system
Examples
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In principle, volcanic unrest triggered by each of these interaction modes has the potential to evolve into a volcanic eruption, provided the associated magmatic system is sufficiently close to a critical state.
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Continued scientific advances in understanding tectonic and magmatic processes and their interaction are fundamental to providing reliable information on the nature of hazards that large earthquakes and volcanic eruptions pose to many population centers around the globe.
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Has the magmatic input into the chamber remained constant?
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So it sends this super heated magmatic rock flying all the way across the planet.
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On several occasions, no eruption followed, which suggests that the volcano has internal mechanisms for adjusting the magmatic pressure.
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Basaltic lavas associated with the tectonic plate convergence of Africa and Europe are similar in magmatic chemistry.
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A magmatic eruption may follow if the reduced confining pressure on the magma starts a runaway process of bubble formation, ascent, and growth.
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Volatile magmatic fluids released by the underlying magma chamber (red) are trapped in isolated pods (gray) under high pressure.
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The intense heat from the Earth's core creates magmatic rock as it rises through fissures in the crust.
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After the eruption, the landscape was covered in layers of magmatic ash and solidified lava.
Synonyms
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3.9
Relating to volcanoes or the lava and ash they produce
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7.4
Rock like granite that forms when hot, melted rock cools
How Plutonic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Magmatic comes from magma, a word that means 'molten rock' and that comes from an old Greek word for a 'kneaded mass', so it points to hot, melted material under the ground. That's why magmatic describes rocks and processes formed by that melted rock.