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Definition of Maars
1. maar [n] - See also: maar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maars
Literary usage of Maars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Igneous Rocks and Their Origin by Reginald Aldworth Daly (1914)
"These craters are specially instructive as they have clearly been formed in an
older lava plateau, not by explosion but by melting perforation. maars are ..."
2. Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe by Alexander von Humboldt (1868)
"Is the phenomenon of maars limited to Western Germany ? ... analogous to the
maars as '< craters of explosion." Destitute of any elevated margins, ..."
3. A Description of Active and Extinct Volcanos, of Earthquakes, and of Thermal by Charles Daubeny (1848)
"The first includes those, properly speaking, known by the name of " maars,"—volcanos
which have ejected nothing but loose fragments of rock with sand and ..."
4. A Description of Active and Extinct Volcanos: With Remarks on Their Origin by Charles Daubeny (1826)
"... thus forming a series of lakes, known by the name of " maars," which are
remarkably distinguished from those elsewhere seen by their circular form, ..."
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