Papua New Guinea · Compound volcano
Loloru
- Type
- Compound volcano
- Elevation
- 1887m
- Last eruption
- -1050
- Type
- Compound volcano
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Region
- Southwestern Pacific / Bougainville Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 1887m
- Coordinates
- -6.520, 155.620
- Last eruption
- -1050
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Crustal thickness unknown
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
Loloru, the SE-most volcano on Bougainville Island, is the source of a broad ignimbrite apron that covers much of the southern part of the island.
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From Wikipedia
Loloru is a pyroclastic shield volcano located in the southern region of Bougainville Island, within the Autonomous Region of Bougainville of northeastern Papua New Guinea.
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Eruption history
6 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 6
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 6950 BCE – 1050 BCE
- Largest confirmed eruption
- No VEI recorded
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 1050 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate1050 BCE – end unknown
- 1260 BCE (±300 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate1260 BCE – end unknown
- 2150 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate2150 BCE – end unknown
- 3150 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate3150 BCE – end unknown
- 4150 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate4150 BCE – end unknown
- 6950 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate6950 BCE – end unknown
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