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Australia · Campo vulcanico

Newer Volcanics Province

Tipo
Campo vulcanico
Altitudine
1011 m
Ultima eruzione
-2900
Lake-filled Tower Hill maar is part of the voluminous Newer Volcanics Province, which covers a broad 15,000 km2 area of SE Australia. The volcanic field contains nearly 400 vents, with late-Pleistocene to Holocene eruptions producing scoria cones, maars, tuff rings, and valley-filling lava flows. The most recent eruptions took place at Mount Schank and Mount Gambier.
Lake-filled Tower Hill maar is part of the voluminous Newer Volcanics Province, which covers a broad 15,000 km2 area of SE Australia. The volcanic field contains nearly 400 vents, with late-Pleistocene to Holocene eruptions producing scoria cones, maars, tuff rings, and valley-filling lava flows. The most recent eruptions took place at Mount Schank and Mount Gambier. · Foto: Photo by Jim Luhr, 1993 (Smithsonian Institution).
Tipo
Campo vulcanico
Paese
Australia
Regione
Australia orientale / Southeastern Australia Volcanic Province
Altitudine
1011 m
Coordinate
-37.770, 142.500
Ultima eruzione
-2900
Contesto tettonico
Intraplacca / Crosta continentale (> 25 km)
Forma vulcanica
Gruppo vulcanico
Roccia principale
Trachibasalto / Tefrite basanite
Sintesi geologica

The voluminous Newer Volcanics Province covers a broad 15,000 km2 area of SE Australia with nearly 400 small shield volcanoes and explosive vents of Tertiary-to-Holocene age. Volumetrically the vast proportion of volcanic products consist of flat-lying lava flows, although the most prominent features of the volcanic field are the numerous small scoria cones, tuff rings, and maars that rise above the lava plain. Several vents were active during the Holocene; another vent (Mount Tower) is now considered to be of late-Pleistocene age. Late-Pleistocene to Holocene eruptions are characterized by small volume and low explosivity. The youngest dated eruptions took place at Mount Schank and Mount Gambier about 5,000 years ago, when explosive activity formed several maars and associated lava flows.

Storia delle eruzioni

4 registrateGlossario
Riepilogo (VEI nel tempo)
Fai clic su una barra per vedere le singole eruzioni · Usa le frecce per spostarti tra le barre, Invio per aprire
5850 a.C.~5653 a.C. · 1 eruzioni · VEI max. ?5457 a.C.~5260 a.C. · 1 eruzioni · VEI max. ?3097 a.C.~2900 a.C. · 2 eruzioni · VEI max. ?5850 a.C.5063 a.C.4473 a.C.3687 a.C.3097 a.C.

Cronologia dettagliata

  1. 2900 a.C. (±150 anni)VEI ?Stima geologica
    2900 a.C. – fine sconosciuta
    Mt. Gambier
  2. 3000 a.C. (±500 anni)VEI ?Stima geologica
    3000 a.C. – fine sconosciuta
    Mt. Schank
  3. 5290 a.C.VEI ?Stima geologica
    5290 a.C. – fine sconosciuta
    Mt. Napier
  4. 5850 a.C.VEI ?Stima geologica
    5850 a.C. – fine sconosciuta
    Red Rock

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