Solfatara

Word SOLFATARA
Character 9
Hyphenation ‖Sol fa ta ra
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Solfatara"

What do we mean by solfatara?

A volcanic area that gives off sulfurous gases and steam. noun

An area of more or less corroded and disintegrated volcanic rock, over which sulphurous gases, steam, and other volcanic emanations escape through various orifices, frequently giving rise to what are known as mud-volcanoes, mud-cones, or salses; a region of dying or dormant volcanism. noun

A volcanic area or vent which yields only sulphur vapors, steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the volcanic activity. noun

An area of volcanic activity that gives off sulfurous steam.

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The word "solfatara" in example sentences

Dr. Bishop collecting samples from the solfatara site inside Kilauea caldera, Hawaii. ❋ SETI Institute (2011)

You can see Dr. Bishop collecting samples at the solfatara site inside Kilauea caldera, Hawaii, in the the photo to the right. ❋ SETI Institute (2011)

Dr. Bishop testing magnetic properties of soil at the solfatara site inside Kilauea caldera, Hawaii. ❋ SETI Institute (2011)

But after a few brittle steps he broke through a layer of burnt-yellow crust and fell into a solfatara, a cauldron of bubbling mud. ❋ Richard Bangs (2010)

In the center of the depression are the Sulphur Springs, a geothermal field or solfatara with sulphurous fumaroles and hot springs surrounded by a variety of other volcanic features: explosion craters, lava flows and deposits of pumice and ash. ❋ Unknown (2008)

There is wetland vegetation in marshes and beside lakes; and on the acid soil near sulphurous fumaroles there is a solfatara community. ❋ Unknown (2008)

AGI - Naples, Sept. 19 - The miracle of San Gennaro's blood that liquefies happened again in the cathedral of Naples during the feast of the Patron Saint, which is the anniversary of the martyrdom which took place in 305 A.C. at the Pozzuoli solfatara. ❋ Argent (2006)

A flip-down visor was useful if you encountered any of the really dire conditions Cravat sometimes vouchsafed — acid hail, flocks of kamikaze hat pin bugs, even moderate amounts of fire and brimstone in the solfatara lands. ❋ May, Julian, 1931- (1998)

Popocatepetl, is in the condition of a _solfatara_, sending out jets of steam and sulphurous acid gas. ❋ Edward Burnett Tylor (N/A)

A few years back, the volcano used to send up showers of ashes, and even large stones; but now it has sunk to the condition of a mere _solfatara_, sending out, from two crevices in the floor, great volumes of sulphurous acid and steam, with a loud roaring noise. ❋ Edward Burnett Tylor (N/A)

The smoke from chimneys curled up here and there out of the mass of roofs, as if through the fissures of some great solfatara. ❋ Unknown (1917)

Lieutenant Yusuf was presently despatched with three soldiers, three quarrymen, Jází, the Arab guide of a former visit, and eight camels, to bring back specimens of the copper silicate to the south of ‘Aynánah, and to make a regular survey of the northern solfatara. ❋ Richard Francis Burton (1855)

This stratum was in places more than 80 feet thick; and fumes rose fetid with sulphuric acid, and sulphates of soda, alumina, and ammonia from the dead white, purple red, vivid green, and brilliant yellow surface of the solfatara. ❋ Richard Francis Burton (1855)

St. Lucia, a very active solfatara, named Oualibou, two or three hundred toises high; jets of hot water, by which small basins are periodically filled. — ❋ Unknown (1851)

Montserrat, a solfatara; fine porphyritic lavas with large crystals of feldspar and hornblende near Galloway, according to Mr.Nugent. — ❋ Unknown (1851)

Its present state is that of a solfatara; and it is rather an object of curious investigation, than of imposing aspect. ❋ Unknown (1851)

Hence we may conclude what must be the heat in this solfatara at the depth of thirty or forty fathoms. ❋ Unknown (1851)

-- St. Lucia, a very active solfatara, named Oualibou, two or three hundred toises high; jets of hot water, by which small basins are periodically filled. ❋ Alexander Von Humboldt (1814)

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