stratovolcanic

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adjective

Of or pertaining to a stratovolcano.

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Meanings

adjectivestratovolcanic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegeographyOf or pertaining to a stratovolcano.

    An andesite-dacite stratovolcanic chain, sub-parallel to the Carpathian arc, was formed 17-12 Ma ago (Harangi et al. 2007).

    2015, Dénes Loczy, Landscapes and Landforms of Hungary, page 10
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    […] obviously taken from one of the headwaters of Rio Manso, immediately northeast of Ventisquero Grande, appears as plainly as any one could wish the layered, stratovolcanic structure of the southeast part of Tronador.

    1941, Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Upsala, page 208

    Japan is an island nation in East Asia comprising a large stratovolcanic archipelago extending along the Pacific coast of Asia.

    2008, Rutger de Graaf, Urban Water in Japan, page 1

Origin

From strato- + volcanic.

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