bradyseism

English

Etymology

From brady- (“slow”) +‎ seism.

Noun

bradyseism (countable and uncountable, plural bradyseisms)

  1. (volcanology) A gradual uplift or descent of part of the Earth's surface caused by the filling or emptying of an underground magma chamber and/or hydrothermal activity, particularly in volcanic calderas

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