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Newer Volcanics Province

Type
Volcanic field
Elevation
1011m
Last eruption
-2900
Lake-filled Tower Hill maar is part of the voluminous Newer Volcanics Province, which covers a broad 15,000 km2 area of SE Australia. The volcanic field contains nearly 400 vents, with late-Pleistocene to Holocene eruptions producing scoria cones, maars, tuff rings, and valley-filling lava flows. The most recent eruptions took place at Mount Schank and Mount Gambier.
Lake-filled Tower Hill maar is part of the voluminous Newer Volcanics Province, which covers a broad 15,000 km2 area of SE Australia. The volcanic field contains nearly 400 vents, with late-Pleistocene to Holocene eruptions producing scoria cones, maars, tuff rings, and valley-filling lava flows. The most recent eruptions took place at Mount Schank and Mount Gambier. · Photo: Photo by Jim Luhr, 1993 (Smithsonian Institution).
Type
Volcanic field
Country
Australia
Region
Eastern Australia / Southeastern Australia Volcanic Province
Elevation
1011m
Coordinates
-37.770, 142.500
Last eruption
-2900
Tectonic setting
Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Cluster
Major rock type
Trachybasalt / Tephrite basanite

Geological summary

The voluminous Newer Volcanics Province covers a broad 15,000 km2 area of SE Australia with nearly 400 small shield volcanoes and explosive vents of Tertiary-to-Holocene age.

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

From Wikipedia

The Newer Volcanics Province is a geological area which is a volcanic field, formed by the East Australia hotspot across south-eastern Australia. It covers an area of 15,000 square kilometres (5,800 sq mi), with over 400 small shield volcanoes and volcanic vents. The area contains the youngest volcanoes in Australia.

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Eruption history

4 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
4
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
5850 BCE – 2900 BCE
Largest confirmed eruption
No VEI recorded
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
0
Summary (VEI over time)
Click a bar to see individual eruptions · Use arrow keys to move between bars, Enter to open
5850 BCE~5653 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?5457 BCE~5260 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?3097 BCE~2900 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI ?5850 BCE5063 BCE4473 BCE3687 BCE3097 BCE

Detailed timeline

  1. 2900 BCE (±150 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    2900 BCE – end unknown
    Mt. Gambier
  2. 3000 BCE (±500 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    3000 BCE – end unknown
    Mt. Schank
  3. 5290 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    5290 BCE – end unknown
    Mt. Napier
  4. 5850 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    5850 BCE – end unknown
    Red Rock

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