Volcanism along the Northern EPR 9.8° – 17° N

Location of RISE Project area at the Northern East Pacific Rise. Image courtesy Wiki

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Easter Island, Chile

Satellite image of Easter Island. Three main shields are clearly visible. Rani Kau is lower left. Terevaka is upper center. Poike is far right. Most recent lava flows are clearly visible in the center of the island. Collapse caldera in Rano Kau is clearly visible. Image courtesy ESA, 2019

Splitting North America – The Walker Lane – Part 2 – The Volcanic Fields

 

Schematic of Long Valley Caldera and surrounding volcanic structures. Relative locations of all three California calderas along the Walker Lane are depicted in previous images. Image courtesy Indiana.edu. http://www.indiana.edu/~sierra/papers/2010/jarosinski.html

Splitting North America – The Walker Lane – Part 1 – The Tectonics

Location of Walker Lane. San Andreas Fault System is depicted in red running from the lower right to the upper left of the image. Image courtesy Carlson et all. https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geosphere/article/9/6/1530/132671/kinematics-of-the-west-central-walker-lane