Adjective : a phreatic explosion. From Dictionary.com.
Now throw in singular events such as phreatic volcanic eruptions, which can measurably affect global temperatures for up to 10 years and you have a detection of overlappping causes problem of monumental proportions. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Linsay's Poisson Fit « Climate Audit] Reference
No magmatic eruptions have occurred since the late Pleistocene, but large phreatic eruptions took place near Yellowstone Lake during the Holocene. From Wordnik.com. [Volcano Information] Reference
Mexico has hydraulic energy which has been affected by suspicious droughts coinciding with certain U.S. experiments related to hurricanes, and which in Mexico, as in Cuba, constitute irreplaceable sources of water for the rivers and for the phreatic mantle. From Wordnik.com. [FRIENDSHIP RALLY FOR MEXICAN PRES. PORTILLO] Reference
That is what it must be; that no a single riverlet, arroyo, river, absolutely nothing remain undammed -- in addition to the use of drainage, the different types and systems of damming, the system for the injection of water in the phreatic mantle, and the use of subterranean water. From Wordnik.com. [INSTITUTE FOR HYDRAULIC RESOURCES] Reference
If there had been eruptions in the interim, it appears that by the descriptions they were small and probably phreatic. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Einarsson explained that when the eruption becomes isolated from the water around the crater, phreatic explosions decrease. From Wordnik.com. [Iceland Review]
Strombolian activity periodically ejected material 300 m above the crater, and phreatic explosions occurred from the front of the lava flow. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
For reference, the 1821-1823 eruption had phreatic ash explosions for about a week, then simmered for some months, belched again a bit before tapering off. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science]
However, the magma in the volcano is of the nature that it doesn't have to come in contact with water for phreatic explosions to happen, which indicates that ash will continue to be produced. From Wordnik.com. [Iceland Review]
Predicting phreatic eruptions using methods useful for magmatic eruptions has an uneven track record, and precursors for a magmatic eruption on the scale of 1631 just aren't there, in my view. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
The mineralized structures exposed were formed in a profundity between 60 and 220 m regarding the phreatic paleo-level, that correspond to the superior part of the low sulphurization epithermal system. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases]
If I define benefits to be things like “cool” and “not phreatic sxplosion”, I’d say they have some pretty good benefits. From Wordnik.com. [Gene logic - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Past eruptions at Mammoth Mountain, such as the phreatic steam-blast eruptions that occurred about 600 years ago on the volcanoàƒ’€¢s north flank, may have been accompanied by CO2 emissions. From Wordnik.com. [WSJ: House Energy report on the "mutual admiration society" « Climate Audit] Reference
It was a monster phreatic burst!. From Wordnik.com. [Knight Science Journalism Tracker] Reference
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