Vulcanicity or Vulcanism

VULCANICITY OR VULCANISM: This is all the processes by which, gaseous materials/molten magma beneath the earth, forces its way into the cracks of the earth’s crust and escapes through fissures onto the surface of the earth.

Volcaism is associated with areas where mountain building has taken place. There are two kinds of volcanism namely intrusive and extrusive volcanoes.

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