GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A geyser is a rare kind of hot spring that is under pressure and erupts, sending jets of water and steam into the air. Geysers are made from a tube-like hole in the Earth’s surface that runs deep into the crust. The tube is filled with water.

Detailed explanation-2: -Geysers are hot springs that intermittently spout a column of hot water and steam into the air. This action is caused by the water in deep conduits beneath a geyser approaching or reaching the boiling point.

Detailed explanation-3: -Definition. A hot spring is a discharge of hot (>35–40°C) water from a vent at the Earth’s surface. A geyser is a hot spring characterized by intermittent, turbulent discharges of boiling water and steam. A sublacustrine hot spring is a hot spring that discharges from the floor of a lake.

Detailed explanation-4: -Geyser eruptions are driven by the conversion of thermal to kinetic energy during decompression. In other words, water deep in the ground is heated up by nearby hot rocks, and when conditions are just right, and the pressure of the overlying rocks is released, the water will erupt out of the ground as a geyser.

Detailed explanation-5: -The term is derived from the Icelandic word geysir, meaning “to gush.” Geysers result from the heating of groundwater by shallow bodies of magma. They are generally associated with areas that have seen past volcanic activity.