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magma

[mag-muh] / ˈmæg mə /
NOUN
lava
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At the same time, it may also have allowed gases and fluids to escape sideways, reducing pressure within the magma and preventing it from erupting.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

Most of the earthquakes struck only after the magma stopped moving upward.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

During the 2022 unrest, however, the rising magma triggered thousands of smaller earthquakes clustered along the fault rather than one major quake.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

The magma traveled upward through one of São Jorge Island's major fault systems known as the Pico do Carvão Fault Zone.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

It turned out that under the western United States there was a huge cauldron of magma, a colossal volcanic hot spot which erupted cataclysmically every 600,000 years or so.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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