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Monte Okmok

Okmok

Tipo
Vulcano a scudo
Altitudine
1073 m
Ultima eruzione
2008
Monte Okmok
Foto: J. Reeder. Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Tipo
Vulcano a scudo
Paese
Stati Uniti
Regione
Nord America / Aleutian Ridge Volcanic Arc
Altitudine
1073 m
Coordinate
53.430, -168.130
Ultima eruzione
2008
Contesto tettonico
Zona di subduzione / Crosta intermedia (15-25 km)
Forma vulcanica
A scudo
Roccia principale
Basalto / Picrobasalto
Sintesi geologica

The basaltic Okmok shield volcano forms the NE end of Umnak Island in the Aleutian Islands. The summit of the low, 35-km-wide volcano is cut by two overlapping 10-km-wide calderas formed during eruptions about 12,000 and 2,050 years ago when dacitic pyroclastic flows reached the coast. More than 60 tephra layers from Okmok have been found overlying the 12,000-year-old caldera-forming tephra layer. Numerous cones and lava domes are present on the flanks down to the coast, including the SE-flank Mount Tulik, which is almost 200 m higher than the caldera rim. Some of the post-caldera cones show evidence of wave-cut lake terraces; more recent cones were formed after the caldera lake, once 150 m deep, disappeared. Eruptions have been reported since 1805 from cinder cones within the caldera, where there are also hot springs and fumaroles.

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Riassunto in inglese

Mount Okmok is a volcano on eastern Umnak Island, in the central-eastern Aleutian Islands of Alaska. Part of the Aleutian Volcanic Arc, it was formed by the subduction of the oceanic Pacific Plate under the North American Plate. Okmok is a large shield volcano capped by a 10-kilometer (6.2 mi) wide caldera. The caldera contains numerous cinder cones, their lava flows, and a few lakes. Okmok erupts mainly basaltic lava, mostly from the cones within the caldera.

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Storia delle eruzioni

19 registrateGlossario
Riepilogo (VEI nel tempo)
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6310 a.C.~6033 a.C. · 1 eruzioni · VEI max. 4210 a.C.~67 · 1 eruzioni · VEI max. 61731~2008 · 17 eruzioni · VEI max. 46310 a.C.4369 a.C.2151 a.C.210 a.C.1731

Cronologia dettagliata

  1. 2008VEI 4Osservata
    2008-07-12 – 2008-08-19
    NE caldera floor
  2. 1997VEI 3Osservata
    1997-02-11 – 1997-05-19
    SW part of caldera (Cone A)
  3. 1986VEI 2Osservata
    1986-11-18 – 1988-02-26
    SW part of caldera (Cone A)
  4. 1983VEI 2Osservata
    1983-07-08 – 1983-07-08
    SW part of caldera (Cone A)
  5. 1981VEI 3Osservata
    1981-03-24 – 1981-03-24
    SW part of caldera (Cone A)
  6. 1960VEI 3Osservata
    1960-10-15 – 1961-04-15
    SW part of caldera (Cone A)
  7. 1958VEI 3Osservata
    1958-08-14 – 1958-08-25
    SW part of caldera (Cone A)
  8. 1945VEI 2Osservata
    1945-06-04 – 1945-12-16
    SW part of caldera (Cone A)
  9. 1943VEI 1Osservata
    1943-06-16 – fine sconosciuta
    SW part of caldera (Cone A)
  10. 1938VEI ?Osservata
    1938-07-02 – fine sconosciuta
    SW part of caldera (Cone A)
  11. 1936VEI ?Metodo non indicato
    1936-07-02 – fine sconosciuta
    SW part of caldera (Cone A)
  12. 1931VEI 2Osservata
    1931-03-21 – 1931-05-13
    Cone A?
  13. 1899VEI 3Osservata
    1899-07-02 – fine sconosciuta
    SW part of caldera (Cone A)
  14. 1878VEI 2Osservata
    1878-07-02 – fine sconosciuta
    Cone A?
  15. 1824VEI ?Osservata
    1824-07-02 – 1830-07-02
    Cone B?
  16. 1817VEI 3Osservata
    1817-03-01 – 1820-07-02
    Cone E? or B?
  17. 1805VEI ?Osservata
    1805-07-02 – fine sconosciuta
  18. 100 a.C. (±50 anni)VEI 6Stima geologica
    100 a.C. – fine sconosciuta
    Okmok II caldera
  19. 6310 a.C. (±500 anni)VEI 4Stima geologica
    6310 a.C. – fine sconosciuta

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