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Define Calderas/Basal Wreck and outline its Modes of Formation.

      

Define Calderas/Basal Wreck and outline its Modes of Formation.

  

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Martin
Calderas/Basal Wreck

A very large basin-shaped depression on the summit of a volcano.

Modes of Formation

Violent Explosion
- Gases and water heated by magma expand.
- They force their way through a vent.
- The rocks at the top of the volcano are blown off forming a large depression e.g. Nyirarongo Caldera in DRC and Sabiro Caldera in Uganda.
marto answered the question on March 25, 2019 at 06:59


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