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Papua Nuova Guinea · Campo vulcanico

Garua Harbour

Tipo
Campo vulcanico
Altitudine
565 m
Ultima eruzione
Sconosciuto
The Garua (Talasea) Harbour volcanic field (upper right center) consists of a group of mostly rhyolitic lava domes and ash cones that ring the harbor on the west and form Garua Island (right center) to the east. Active hot springs ring the shores of Garua Harbour, including a large group of boiling pools, fumaroles, and mudpots located near the Talasea Government Station on the south shore of the bay, directly opposite the western tip of Garua Island.
The Garua (Talasea) Harbour volcanic field (upper right center) consists of a group of mostly rhyolitic lava domes and ash cones that ring the harbor on the west and form Garua Island (right center) to the east. Active hot springs ring the shores of Garua Harbour, including a large group of boiling pools, fumaroles, and mudpots located near the Talasea Government Station on the south shore of the bay, directly opposite the western tip of Garua Island. · Foto: NASA Landsat image, 2000 (courtesy of Hawaii Synergy Project, Univ. of Hawaii Institute of Geophysics & Planetology).
Tipo
Campo vulcanico
Paese
Papua Nuova Guinea
Regione
Pacifico sud-occidentale / Bismarck Volcanic Arc
Altitudine
565 m
Coordinate
-5.300, 150.070
Ultima eruzione
Sconosciuto
Contesto tettonico
Zona di subduzione / Crosta continentale (> 25 km)
Forma vulcanica
Gruppo vulcanico
Roccia principale
Riolite

Sintesi geologica

Originale in inglese

The Garua (Talasea) Harbour volcanic field consists of a group of lava domes and ash cones of possible Holocene age.

Estratto dal Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Leggi la sintesi completa sul GVP →

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