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East Blanco Depression

Type
Fissure vent
Elevation
3000m (submarine)
Last eruption
Unknown
Type
Fissure vent
Country
Undersea features
Region
Eastern Pacific / Northeast Pacific Rifts Volcanic Province
Elevation
3000m (submarine)
Coordinates
44.267, -129.879
Last eruption
Unknown
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
Landform
Cluster

Geological summary

The East Blanco Depression (EBD) is a pull-apart basin within the western Blanco Transform Fault Zone, a right-lateral transform fault that links the Juan de Fuca Ridge and Gorda Ridge (Dziak et al., 1996).

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

Eruption history

Glossary

Detailed timeline

No eruption records available.

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