Volcanic field
A volcanic field is an area of the Earth's crust that is prone to localized volcanic activity. They usually contain 10 to 100 volcanoes such as cinder cones and are usually in clusters. Lava flows may also occur. They may occur as a monogenetic volcanic field or a polygenetic volcanic field.
The north face of Mount Garibaldi rises above The Table and Garibaldi Lake in the Garibaldi Lake volcanic field.
Examples
Karapınar Field in Turkey
SP Crater in the San Francisco volcanic field is a cinder cone with a basalt lava flow that extends for 4 miles (6 km).
El Muweilih Crater in Sudan with natron-rich clay on the crater floor
Canada
- Atlin Volcanic Field, British Columbia
- Desolation Lava Field, British Columbia
- Garibaldi Lake volcanic field, British Columbia
- Mount Cayley volcanic field, British Columbia
- Tuya Volcanic Field, British Columbia
- Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field, British Columbia
- Wrangell Volcanic Field, Yukon Territory
United States
- Boring Lava Field, Oregon
- Central Colorado volcanic field, Colorado
- Clear Lake Volcanic Field, California
- Coso Volcanic Field, California
- Indian Heaven, Washington
- Marysvale Volcanic Field, Utah
- Raton-Clayton volcanic field, New Mexico
- San Bernardino Volcanic Field, Arizona
- San Francisco volcanic field, Arizona
- San Juan volcanic field, Colorado
- Taos Plateau volcanic field, Taos County, New Mexico
- Trans-Pecos Volcanic Field, Texas
- Wrangell Volcanic Field, Alaska
Others
- Aguas Zarcas volcanic field, Alajuela, Costa Rica
- Auckland volcanic field, North Island, New Zealand
- Bayuda Volcanic Field, Sudan
- Bombalai Hill, Sabah, Malaysia
- Central Skåne Volcanic Province, Sweden
- Chaîne des Puys, Auvergne, France
- Cu-Lao Re Group, Vietnam
- Haruj, Fezzan, Libya
- In Teria volcanic field, Algeria
- Laguna Volcanic Field, Philippines
- Manzaz volcanic field, Algeria
- Meidob Volcanic Field, Sudan
- Nemours-Nedroma, Algeria
- Oujda volcanic field, Morocco
- Oulmés volcanic field, Morocco
- Rekkame volcanic field, Morocco
- Todra volcanic field, Niger
- Vulkan Eifel, Germany
See also
- Volcanic arc – A chain of volcanoes formed above a subducting plate
- Volcanic belt – A large volcanically active region
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