Solfatara
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Solfatara is a noun meaning An area of volcanic activity that gives off sulfurous steam.
Meaning
An area of volcanic activity that gives off sulfurous steam.
Example Sentences
Holmes calls these active vents solfataras, so evidently we are at the type locality for this kind of thing.
Vents that produce steam alone are fumaroles, or solfataras if laden with sulphur; impressive, but rarely exciting, they are more common on drier volcanoes than in hydrothermal basins.
Under these solfataras, (which, at each eruption from the volcano, emitted greater quantities of hot steams) are several hot wells, close to the high-water mark, which, however, seem not to be in the least sulphureous.
Word Forms
- solfataras
- solfatare
Related Words
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