fissure
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Volcanoes in Iceland are capable of producing fissure eruptions that last for years or even decades, consistent with the 14 year platinum signal.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026
Perhaps the fissure should bring to mind Nordic depression, or familial misadventures in communication.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
Like the fissure between Tim and Millie, the cracks in our once-perfect relationship formed so gradually I didn’t even notice them.
From Salon • Jul. 30, 2025
However, there has been little concern to aviation as these recent eruptions are mostly small fissure eruptions with large and slow lava flows - rather than the explosive ash eruption from Eyjafjallajökull.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025
The fissure in the earth had filled with gold and precious stones, bubbling in a thick soup of petroleum.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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