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FUMEROLLE [4 records]

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Record 1 2026-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
CONT

Fumarolic emissions from active volcanoes are typically comprised of gases that are not long removed from their parental magmas.

OBS

fumarole: While this designation is sometimes used in the sense of "fumarolic emission," it is more commonly used to refer to the opening from which the gases escape.

Key term(s)
  • fumerole

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
CONT

Les fumerolles sont des émanations gazeuses issues de fissures ou de cavités (évents), situées sur les flancs des volcans actifs ou groupées dans les champs volcaniques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vulcanología y sismología
DEF

Escape de gases o vapores a altas temperaturas a través de grietas o fisuras en regiones volcánicas.

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Record 2 2026-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
CONT

Fumaroles are openings in the earth's surface that emit steam and volcanic gases, such as sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide. They can occur as holes, cracks or fissures near active volcanoes or in areas where magma has risen into the earth's crust without erupting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
DEF

Petite crevasse d’un sol volcanique d’où sort de la fumée.

Key term(s)
  • fumerole

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
CONT

… the Museum has received natural rhenium sulfide, molibdenite, grinocite, molybdite, and hematite. All have a fumarolic origin.

OBS

fumarolic: Of or relating to a fumarole or fumaroles.

OBS

fumarole: A vent in a volcanic area, from which smoke and gases arise.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
CONT

Nous avons affiné la structure de la lillianite naturelle dépourvue d’argent, d’origine fumerollienne, provenant de Vulcano, dans les îles Eoliennes, en Italie […]

OBS

fumerollien, fumerollienne [adjectif] : Relatif aux fumerolles.//fumerolle [nom féminin] : Gaz et vapeurs émis par les volcans au voisinage du cratère, à l'ouverture des crevasses ou à la surface des coulées de laves.

Spanish

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Record 4 2009-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
  • Thermal Springs - Uses
  • Geochemistry
OBS

sulfurous fumarole: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
  • Thermalisme
  • Géochimie
CONT

Un volcan non sulfureux ou peu sulfureux ne peut avoir que des fumerolles sèches et très peu de fumerolles sulfureuses.

OBS

fumerolle sulfureuse : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada-Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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