Sentences with phrase «intense volcanic heat»
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Lonsdaleite forms only under the extreme pressure and heat accompanying meteorite impacts, while wurtzite boron nitride is a by - product of intense volcanic eruption.
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On Io, which orbits at about the same distance from the planet as the Earth to the moon, the heat is so intense that it triggers sulfurous plumes from massive volcanic vents, which spew into space.
The island of Ortigia smells like the sea and the intense heat of summer carries with it a scent of soil, of volcanic ashes and hot ancient bricks.