molten magma

collocation in English

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molten
adjective
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/ˈməʊl.tən/us
/ˈmoʊl.tən/
Molten metal or rock is in a liquid state because of ...
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magma
noun[U]
uk
/ˈmæɡ.mə/us
/ˈmæɡ.mə/
hot liquid rock found just below the surface of ...
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(Definition ofmoltenandmagmafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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After the volcanic activity died away, a large mass ofmoltenmagmawas left underground.
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Expansion by contact with themoltenmagmagenerated the two very large explosions.
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Ar atoms are able to diffuse through and escape frommoltenmagmabecause most crystals have melted and the atoms are no longer trapped.
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They may be unanimously hot, and provide a great deal ofmoltenmagma.
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A magmin resembles a goblin made out ofmoltenmagmaand burning cinders.
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It proposed that basalt was solidifiedmoltenmagma.
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The vast majority of igneous rocks are formed frommoltenmagmaand the degree of crystallization depends primarily on the conditions under which they solidified.
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Such steam blasts occur whenmoltenmagmarises toward the surface of a volcano and heats shallow-lying ground water.
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It forms whenmoltenmagmacools very rapidly.
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Themoltenmagmaextracted from harzburgite may then erupt on the surface as basalt.
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Inside the volcano resides a magma chamber from whichmoltenmagmaperiodically bursts into a swarm of fissures that cut through the volcano from north to south.
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The granitoids formed by the slow cooling and solidification ofmoltenmagmabodies that developed above sinking slabs of oceanic crust overridden by the edge of the continent.
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If its body is injured for any reason, it will head towards a volcano and dip its body in themoltenmagmato heal its wounds.
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When this happens gravity pulls the weighty lithosphere away from the mid-ocean ridge, down the sloping asthenosphere, which, in turn, allows newmoltenmagmato well up.
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