"Ice volcanoes" refer to geological formations on icy bodies, such as moons or planets, that resemble traditional volcanoes on Earth. Instead of spewing out molten rock like regular volcanoes, ice volcanoes release ice and gases, like water vapor.
Sentences with «ice volcanoes»
It's an active world with evidence of ice volcanoes and an ancient ocean. (discovermagazine.com)
The pair then went over alternative explanations for the distribution pattern, such as erosion by wind or burial under material flowing from ice volcanoes. (newscientist.com)
For example, a thick rigid ice shell makes it very difficult to produce ice volcanoes, which some have proposed to explain certain features seen on the surface. (sciencedaily.com)