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Tuya volcanic field
Tuya Volcanic Field
- Type
- Volcanic field
- Elevation
- 2123m
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Type
- Volcanic field
- Country
- Canada
- Region
- North America / Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 2123m
- Coordinates
- 59.370, -130.580
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Tectonic setting
- Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Cluster
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
A broad region with numerous formerly subglacial volcanic cones known as tuyas forms the Tuya Volcanic Field near Tuya Lake and a broad area to the N.
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From Wikipedia
The Tuya volcanic field is a volcanic field of tuyas located in far northern British Columbia, Canada, near the border with the Yukon Territory and focused on the area of the Tuya Range, a subrange of the Stikine Ranges of the Cassiar Mountains, though some vents are in the Kawdy Plateau, the northernmost part of the Stikine Plateau. Several small shield volcanoes, and postglacial lapilli cones and lava flows have been reported in this area. The only nonglacial volcanoes in the field are Gabrielse Cone and the West Tuya lava field.
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Eruption history
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No eruption records available.
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