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mud volcano — a vent in the earth s surface through which escaping gas and vapor issue, causing mud to boil and occasionally to overflow, forming a conical mound around the vent. [1810 20] * * * mound of mud heaved up through overlying sediments. The… … Universalium
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Upheaval Dome — 38.436944444444 109.92916666667 Koordinaten: 38° 26′ 13″ N, 109° 55′ 45″ W … Deutsch Wikipedia
welding — GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS The sintering together of hot, glassy fragments, irrespective of shape and size, by compactional lithostatic load (Cas and Wright, 1987, p. 165) … Glossary of volcanic terms
