Estados Unidos · Volcán en escudo
Belknap Crater
Belknap
- Tipo
- Volcán en escudo
- Altitud
- 2094 m
- Última erupción
- 475
- Tipo
- Volcán en escudo
- País
- Estados Unidos
- Región
- América del Norte / High Cascades Volcanic Arc
- Altitud
- 2094 m
- Coordenadas
- 44.285, -121.842
- Última erupción
- 475
- Contexto tectónico
- Zona de subducción / Corteza continental (> 25 km)
- Forma volcánica
- Escudo
- Roca principal
- Andesita / Andesita basáltica
Resumen geológico
The Belknap Crater area near McKenzie Pass in Oregon, north of the Three Sisters volcanoes, was the source of one of the largest concentrations of youthful volcanism in the Cascade Range. The basaltic to basaltic andesite Belknap shield volcano, topped by the Belknap Crater pyroclastic cone and the Little Belknap shield volcano immediately to the east, have produced widespread late Holocene lava flows on all sides, much of which took place between about 3,000 and 1,500 years ago. Eruptions from the NE base of Belknap crater produced lava flows that traveled 15 km W into the McKenzie River valley.
Resumen de Wikipedia
Resumen en inglésBelknap Crater is a shield volcano in the Cascade Range in the U.S. state of Oregon. Located in Linn County, it is associated with lava fields and numerous subfeatures including the Little Belknap and South Belknap volcanic cones. It lies north of McKenzie Pass and forms part of the Mount Washington Wilderness. Belknap is not forested and most of its lava flows are not vegetated, though there is some wildlife in the area around the volcano, as well as a number of tree molds formed by its eruptive activity.
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Historial de erupciones
4 registradasGlosarioLínea de tiempo detallada
- 475 (±215 años)VEI 2Estimación geológica475 – fin desconocidoBelknap Crater
- 685 a. C. (±50 años)VEI 2Estimación geológica685 a. C. – fin desconocidoSouth Belknap and Twin Craters
- 1071 a. C. (±241 años)VEI 0Estimación geológica1071 a. C. – fin desconocidoLittle Belknap
- 5050 a. C.VEI ?Estimación geológica5050 a. C. – fin desconocido
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Enlaces externos
⚠ Solo como referencia. No apto para respuesta ante emergencias.