noun
- Plural of maar; volcanic craters formed by explosive eruptions of steam and gas, typically containing a lake or crater lake.
Usage: geology; technical
Examples
- The region is dotted with maars created by ancient volcanic activity.
- Geologists studied the maars to understand the area's volcanic history.
- Many maars in the Eifel region of Germany contain freshwater lakes.
- The formation of maars involves phreatomagmatic eruptions.
- Scientists collected samples from the crater walls of several maars.