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Definition of Calderas
1. caldera [n] - See also: caldera
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calderas
Literary usage of Calderas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Elementary Geology: Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1857)
"... and origin of volcanic mountains—Craters and calderas—Sandwich Islands—Lava
flowing underground—Truncation of cones—Javanese calderas—Canary ..."
2. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Sir Charles Lyell (1865)
"... and origin of volcanic mountains — Craters and calderas—Sandwich Islands—Lava
flowing underground — Truncation of cones—Javanese calderas — Canary ..."
3. Igneous Rocks and Their Origin by Reginald Aldworth Daly (1914)
"2 calderas.—Few terms in igneous geology have occasioned more diversity of
definition than the name "caldera." All writers on the caldera agree as to its ..."
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