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Longgang volcano group

Longgang Group

Type
Volcanic field
Elevation
1000m
Last eruption
350
Sanjiaolongwan is a 1-km-wide early Pleistocene maar of the Longgang volcanic field. This massive volcanic field covers 1,700 km2 in the Jilin Province of NE China, west of Changbaishan volcano, and contains lava flows, more than 150 Quaternary scoria cones, and tuff rings.
Sanjiaolongwan is a 1-km-wide early Pleistocene maar of the Longgang volcanic field. This massive volcanic field covers 1,700 km2 in the Jilin Province of NE China, west of Changbaishan volcano, and contains lava flows, more than 150 Quaternary scoria cones, and tuff rings. · Photo: Photo by Xiang Liu, 1983 (Changchun University).
Type
Volcanic field
Country
China
Region
Eastern Asia / Central East Asia Volcanic Province
Elevation
1000m
Coordinates
42.330, 126.500
Last eruption
350
Tectonic setting
Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Cluster
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary

The Longgang volcanic field covers 1,700 km2 in the Jilin Province of NE China. Basaltic and trachybasaltic lava flows cover a large area containing more than 150 Quaternary cinder cones and eight tuff rings. There is only one known cinder cone of Holocene age, Jinlongdingzi (Gold Dragon Peak); the eruption formed the large scoria cone and deposited tephra over a broad area to the E which was radiocarbon dated at about 1,600-1,700 years ago.

Eruption history

1 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
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350~350 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?350350351351351

Detailed timeline

  1. 350VEI ?Geological estimate
    350 – end unknown
    Jinlongdingzi

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