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Recent Volcanic Activity in SW Utah

Posted by agimarc on 2018-01-09
Posted in: America N, Science. Tagged: Basalt, Caldera, cinder cone, Colorado Plateau, hot springs, lava flow, lava tube, Rhyolite, scoria cone, Utah. 24 Comments
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Simplified map of volcanic fields in the western US that have been active during the Quaternary. http://geosphere.geoscienceworld.org/content/13/2/391/figures-only

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Recent Volcanic Activity in Northern Arizona

Posted by agimarc on 2017-07-28
Posted in: America N, Eruptions-historic. Tagged: Arizona, Basalt, cinder cone, Colorado Plateau, Grand Canyon, intraplate, lava dam, lava flow. Leave a comment
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Lava Flow next to the Colorado River, Grand Canyon. https://answersingenesis.org/blogs/georgia-purdom/2014/06/07/the-grand-canyon-and-my-comfort-zone/

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Valles Caldera – Jemez Mountains

Posted by Granyia on 2015-12-07
Posted in: America N, Eruptions-historic, Volcano Basics, Volcanoes. Tagged: Bandelier, Colorado Plateau, intraplate, Jemez, Jemez Lineament, kiva, New Mexico, Pajarito Plateau, Pueblo tribe, resurgent dome, Rhyolite, Rio Grande Rift, Supervolcano, Tuff, Valles Caldera, welding. 1 Comment
A view from the southeast to the northwest across the Valle Grande, Redondo Peak, the the Colorado Plateau on the horizon. Image: from 2011 Nature article.

A view from the southeast to the northwest across the Valle Grande and Redondo Peak. Image: from 2011 Nature article.

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