Geothermal activity

A rocky surface with a mound centrally in the image. The mound has holes in the top. Surrounding rocks have been stained orange and yellow. There is smoke or steam rising from the top.
A fumarole in the Solfatra crater, the orange and yellow colouration is from minerals that are deposited by the superheated fumes as they cool to ambient temperature.
A green landscape with a platform of grey rock. steam is rising from a pool or hole in the middle of the platform
Geysir, a geyser in Iceland, after which the phenomenon is named.[1]

Geothermal activity is a group of natural heat transfer processes, occurring on Earth's surface, caused by the presence of excess heat in the subsurface of the affected area.[2] Geothermal activity can manifest itself in a variety of different phenomena, including, among others, elevated surface temperatures, various forms of hydrothermal activity, and the presence of fumaroles that emit hot volcanic gases.


  1. ^ "geyser | Etymology, origin and meaning of geyser by etymonline". www.etymonline.com. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
  2. ^ "Лаборатория тепломассопереноса // Геологический институт РАН". geotherm.ginras.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-03-22.

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