lava dome

English

Noun

lava dome (plural lava domes)

1. (volcanology) A roughly circular mound-shaped bulge that builds up from the slow eruption of viscous felsic lava from a volcano.

   Lava domes are rarely seen in shield volcanos.

   Mount St. Helens has been building a new lava dome since the May, 1980 eruption.

Translations

Circular mound shaped bulge built up from lava

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 火山穹丘 (huǒshān qióngqiū)

• Georgian: ვულკანური გუმბათი (vulḳanuri gumbati), ლავის გუმბათი (lavis gumbati)
• German: Lavadom m
• Spanish: domo de lava m, domo tapón m

Further reading

• lava dome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia