MEANING
Subsurface movement or emplacement of low-temperature, volatile-rich material within an icy body, potentially feeding surface eruptions.
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Hidden subsurface processes that feed cryovolcanic plumes or reshape an icy world from within.Use for the subsurface movement or emplacement of cryomagma; reserve cryovolcanism for surface eruption or flow.
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The survey detected cryomagmatism beneath the moon’s sealed crust.
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- Base
- cryomagmatism
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