cauldron-subsidence
cauldron-subsidence Collapse of a volcanic crater due to the evacuation of a large magma chamber (cauldron) and marked by a ring fracture, or ring-dyke. There are many examples of cauldron-subsidence (e.g. Glen Coe, Scotland), although the various mechanisms of their formation are not necessarily identical.
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