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VOLCANIC CYCLE [1 record]

Record 1 2003-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
DEF

... a regular change in the behavior of a volcano.

CONT

... a volcanic cycle which comprises an ultramafic-mafic-felsic succession.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
CONT

[...] la difficulté réside dans la reconnaissance des limites exactes du cycle volcanique. e.g. : à un volcanisme acide succède un volcanisme hybride et c'est un volcanisme basique qui termine le cycle éruptif.

CONT

[...] un cycle volcanique qui se compose d'une succession de roches ultramafiques-mafiques-felsiques.

Spanish

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