- volcanic island
-
вулканический остров
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
volcanic island
Смотреть что такое "volcanic island" в других словарях:
Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes — Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes * UNESCO World Heritage Site Country Republic of Korea … Wikipedia
Volcanic arc — Mariana Islands, an oceanic island arc A volcanic arc is a chain of volcanoes positioned in an arc shape as seen from above. Offshore volcanoes form islands, resulting in a volcanic island arc. Generally they result from the subduction of an… … Wikipedia
Island — For other uses, see Island (disambiguation). British Isles … Wikipedia
volcanic — [[t]vɒlkæ̱nɪk[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n Volcanic means coming from or created by volcanoes. Over 200 people have been killed by volcanic eruptions... Mount Unzen has been spewing out volcanic ash, gas, and rock today... St Vincent is a lush, volcanic… … English dictionary
Volcanic winter — A volcanic winter is the reduction in temperature caused by volcanic ash and droplets of sulfuric acid obscuring the sun and lowering the albedo (increasing the Earth s reflectivity), during a large particularly explosive type of volcanic… … Wikipedia
Graciosa Island — ▪ island, Azores, Portugal Portuguese Ilha Graciosa, volcanic island, northernmost of the central Azores, east central Atlantic Ocean. The 23 square mile (60 square kilometre) island reaches a height of 1,338 feet (408 m) at the summit… … Universalium
Volcanic belt — [ Trans Mexican Volcanic Belt in Mexico ] A volcanic belt is a large volcanically active region. Other terms are used for smaller areas of activity, such as volcanic fields. Volcanic belts are found above zones of unusually high temperature (700… … Wikipedia
island — islandish, islandlike, adj. islandless, adj. /uy leuhnd/, n. 1. a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent. 2. something resembling an island, esp. in being isolated or having little or no direct … Universalium
Volcanic field — A volcanic field is a spot of the earth s crust that is prone to localized volcanic activity. They usually contain 10 to 100 volcanoes, such as cinder cones and are usually in clusters. Lava flows may also occur. They may occur as a monogenetic… … Wikipedia
island arc — a curved chain of islands, as the Aleutians or Antilles, usually convex toward the ocean and enclosing a deep sea basin. [1905 10] * * * Long, curved chain of oceanic islands associated with intense volcanic and seismic activity and mountain… … Universalium
Fergusson Island — ▪ island, Papua New Guinea largest of the D Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The island lies 30 miles (50 km) across Ward Hunt Strait from the southeastern tip of New Guinea, in the Solomon Sea. It … Universalium
