MEANING
Volcanic-like activity on icy bodies in which water, ammonia, methane, or other volatiles erupt or flow at the surface.
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Icy moons, volatile-rich eruptions, and alien landscapes shaped by water or other frozen materials.Use for volcanic-like surface activity on icy worlds; the erupted material need not be molten silicate rock.
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Cryovolcanism laid fresh ice across the moon’s dark basin.
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- Base
- cryovolcanism
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