Meaning & use

Salse

noun·Academic

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A small mud volcano formed by the eruption of gas, water, and mud rather than molten lava.

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The field of salses bubbled slowly, releasing sulfurous gas into the air.

Geologists mapped dozens of salses along the fault line.

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Unlike true volcanoes, salses are driven by pressurized gas and liquid rather than magma.

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mud volcano

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