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West Eifel Volcanic Field

Type
Volcanic field
Elevation
600m
Last eruption
-8300
The lake-filled Weinfelder maar is one of about 80 maars of the West Eifel Volcanic Field in Germany, west of the Rhine River. The roughly 500-m-wide crater was formed during the late Pleistocene by explosions through non-volcanic bedrock. About 230 eruptions during the past 730,000 years formed a 600 km2 area that includes maars, scoria cones, and small stratovolcanoes.
The lake-filled Weinfelder maar is one of about 80 maars of the West Eifel Volcanic Field in Germany, west of the Rhine River. The roughly 500-m-wide crater was formed during the late Pleistocene by explosions through non-volcanic bedrock. About 230 eruptions during the past 730,000 years formed a 600 km2 area that includes maars, scoria cones, and small stratovolcanoes. · Photo: Photo by Richard Waitt, 1990 (U.S. Geological Survey).
Type
Volcanic field
Country
Germany
Region
Europe / Central European Volcanic Province
Elevation
600m
Coordinates
50.170, 6.850
Last eruption
-8300
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Cluster
Major rock type
Foidite

Geological summary

The West Eifel Volcanic Field of western Germany, SW of the city of Bonn, is a dominantly Pleistocene group of 240 scoria cones, maars, and small stratovolcanoes covering an area of about 600 km2.

Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →

Eruption history

2 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
2
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
8740 BCE (±150 yrs) – 8300 BCE
Largest confirmed eruption
No VEI recorded
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
0
Summary (VEI over time)
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8740 BCE~8696 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?8344 BCE~8300 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?8740 BCE8652 BCE8520 BCE8432 BCE8344 BCE

Detailed timeline

  1. 8300 BCE (±300 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    8300 BCE – end unknown
    Strohn, Pulvermaar
  2. 8740 BCE (±150 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    8740 BCE – end unknown
    Ulmener Maar

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