Megaplume

Quick meaning: Megaplume is a noun meaning A very large plume or column of water.

Meaning

A very large plume or column of water.

Example Sentences

As well as these small continuous sources there exist much larger-scale episodes, which give rise to the so-called ‘megaplumes’.

A megaplume is a supermass of extremely hot rocks that moves very slowly under the surface of the earth and influences the breakup of tectonic plates.

Taken together, the two pieces of evidence could mean only one thing: the North Atlantic volcanoes were sitting atop a titanic, previously unknown hot spot, a megaplume of superheated magma rising from far down in the earth's mantle.

"That's what I mean," Use said. "What if we emit an active sonar beam, one that's directionally very tight, at minimum power? Wave it back and forth and grab the micro-echoes off the precipitation particles? That would give a picture of water motion in the megaplume."

Word Forms

• megaplumes

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include superplume, plume, plumehead, plenum, megaplant, explodium.

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