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Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field
Wells Gray-Clearwater
- Type
- Volcanic field
- Elevation
- 950m
- Last eruption
- 1550
- Type
- Volcanic field
- Country
- Canada
- Region
- North America / Interior Western Canada Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 950m
- Coordinates
- 52.031, -120.112
- Last eruption
- 1550
- Tectonic setting
- Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Cluster
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
The Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field in the Quesnel Highland of east-central British Columbia contains basaltic cones and lava flows of early Pleistocene to Holocene age.
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From Wikipedia
The Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field, also called the Clearwater Cone Group, is a potentially active monogenetic volcanic field in east-central British Columbia, Canada, located approximately 130 km (81 mi) north of Kamloops. It is situated in the Cariboo Mountains of the Columbia Mountains and on the Quesnel and Shuswap Highlands. As a monogenetic volcanic field, it is a place with numerous small basaltic volcanoes and extensive lava flows.
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Eruption history
2 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 2
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 5650 BCE – 1550
- Largest confirmed eruption
- No VEI recorded
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Detailed timeline
- 1550VEI ?Geological estimate1550 – end unknownKostal Cone
- 5650 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate5650 BCE – end unknownDragon Cone
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