volcanic activity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvolcanicandactivity
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volcanic
adjective
uk/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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activity
noun
uk/ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/us/ækˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
the situation in which a lot of things are happening or people are ...
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Volcanicactivitycontinued to provide ash layers.
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The melting was attributed to local recentvolcanicactivity.
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This increased activity of the graben-bounding fault is matched by an intensification ofvolcanicactivity.
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The lavas and deposits immediately overlie turbidite deposits, indicating submarinevolcanicactivity.
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The second hypothesis we tested was the occurrence of drought in the year followingvolcanicactivity.
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The style ofvolcanicactivityand lithofacies are distinctive in each of these areas.
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The results also indicated that thevolcanicactivityof the two islands was broadly coeval.
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Calc-alkalinevolcanicactivitysubsequently predominated as volcanic centres developed along one half-graben bounding fault.
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The underwater ocean is a result of expectedvolcanicactivityalong the ocean's floor.
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This paper's third hypothesis proposes the occurrence of drought two years aftervolcanicactivity.
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Volcanicactivityoccurred near to the depression, perhaps related to the boundary faults.
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Changes in climate, sea level, ocean chemistry andvolcanicactivityare all reviewed along with bolides.
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Thirdly, deposits associated with hydrothermal vents powered byvolcanicactivitywere mentioned earlier.
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The hypotheses of this paper did not include the occurrence of drought four years aftervolcanicactivity.
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The hypotheses of this paper included the occurrence of drought two years aftervolcanicactivity, but not three.
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As we expected, the phenomenon ceased to be significant whenvolcanicactivitywas compared with drought conditions three years later.
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Another massive cause of climate change isvolcanicactivity.
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The second factor involved in global warming isvolcanicactivity.
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However, they evacuated eventually because of nearbyvolcanicactivity.
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It is possible that the early atmosphere was, compared with the present day, relatively free of such particles, althoughvolcanicactivitywould clearly contribute.
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In fact, it is not the recurrence of drought but, rather, the recurrence of majorvolcanicactivity(or inactivity) that produces this anomaly.
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First, it was demonstrated thatvolcanicactivityin this area occurred twice, as clearly indicated by the presence of a palaeosol between two eruptive sequences.
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This palynological evidence has important implications for the local geology, constraining the commencement of thevolcanicactivityand corroborating the previously-defined local tectonic style.
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