Volcanicity


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Vol`can`ic´i`ty


n.1.Quality or state of being volcanic; volcanic power.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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He said the Rift Valley region was prone to volcanicity, adding that repairs would include filling up the fault line.Former President Kibaki inaugurated the Maai Mahiu-Narok Road on August 26, 2011.The road is a busy highway that connects Nairobi to the South rift, the world famous Maasai Mara game reserve, western Kenya and Luo Nyanza.
2), consists of high plugs or extensive lava flows spanning a period of active volcanicity from early Cretaceous to the present-day (see Dunlop & Fitton, 1979; Moreau et al.