answersLogoWhite

0

Formed when magma chamber empties and its roof collapses?

Updated: 11/7/2021
User Avatar

Wiki User

7y ago

Best Answer

Its called a "caldera".

User Avatar

Alexandro Russel

Lvl 10
2y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Formed when magma chamber empties and its roof collapses?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What is the large hole that is formed when a volcanoes magma chamber empties and collapses?

Caldera


What is a large hole in the magma chamber when it empties and collapses?

Caldera


Mass rock formed when a volcano's magma chamber empties and collapses?

Scientist say the sill and dike help detemine this


What kind of feature will it form if the the magma chamber empties beneath a composite volcano and then collapses?

It falls down


What is a large hole formed when volcanoes magma chamber empties and collapse?

caldera


Does a caldera form when a magma chamber's roof collapses?

yes, I think so. because, very large volume of magma is ejected and then magma chamber can't support the volcano above it. then the volcano begins to sink into the earth.magma chamber empties and a new collapsed depression occurs.


What is formed when the top of a volcano collapses into a partially emptied magma chamber?

what happens is that it forms a caldera


Is this correct pyroclastic flows from composite cone volcanoes are known as calderas?

No. They are simply called pyroclastic flows. A caldera is a depression formed in the ground when a volcano, usually a composite volcano, collapses as the magma chamber partially empties during an especially violent eruption.


How is a caldera different from a dike?

A caldera is a circular depression formed when a subterranean magma chamber collapses because it has emptied.. A dike is a vertical sheet of magma with a great lateral extent.


Why does a caldera happen?

the roof of the magma chamber collapses forming caldera


What forms when the top or side of a volcano collapses into the magma chamber?

Caldera


What forms when the top or side of volcano collapses into the magma chamber?

Caldera