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Black Rock Desert volcan

champ volcanique 1800 m / 5,905 ft
Utah, USA (mainland exept Alaska), 38.97°N / -112.5°W
Condition actuelle: en sommeil (1 sur 5)
Style éruptif tipique: effusif
Eruptions du volcan Black Rock Desert: 1290 ± 150 years (radiocarbon dated)
Derniers séismes proches:
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocation
Thu, 2 May
Thu, 2 May 23:28 UTCM 1.5 / 2 km48 km10km WSW of Monroe, Utah
Thu, 2 May 14:14 UTCM 0.8 / 6 km86 km33km ESE of Salina, Utah
Sun, 28 Apr
Sun, 28 Apr 20:47 UTCM 2 / 1.6 km109 km4km ENE of Fountain Green, Utah
Sun, 28 Apr 20:00 UTCM 1.6 / 6.8 km109 km4km ENE of Fountain Green, Utah
Thu, 25 Apr
Thu, 25 Apr 12:01 UTCM 1.4 / 1 km98 km8km ENE of Ephraim, Utah
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The Black Rock Desert volcanic field of a group of small volcanic fields in south central Utah, at the eastern margin of the Great Basin. It is the youngest volcanic area in Utah and contains both Utah's youngest known rhyolite dome (0.4 million years old) and its youngest lava flows, the roughly 660-year-old Ice Springs lava flows, located at Ice Springs, 15 km west of Meadow. These lava flows extend 4 km north and west from Black Rock Station.

Introduction:

The broader Black Rock Desert volcanic field includes several smaller lava fields and eruptive centers:

Deseret volcanic field consists of basalt lava flows capping a small plateau about 8 km SW of the town of Deseret.
Pavant volcanic field consists of a prominent cinder cone, Pavant Butte (Sugarloaf Mountain) located about 25 km west of Holden, Utah. The field contains mainly pahoehoe basalt flows around and to the south Pavant Butte, a large 270 m high tuff cone. The field contains many lava tubes.
Kanosh volcanic field includes the Black Rock volcano itself, a dissected cinder cone with basalt lava flows at its base.
Tabernacle volcanic field, located about 8 km northwest of Meadow, is the smallest of the volcanic fields in the Black Rock field and covers an area of about 12 km2. It contains basaltic flows erupted from the base of Tabernacle Hill, a small tuff cone in the center of the field.
Ice Spring volcanic field is the youngest of the field, located about 15 km west of Meadow, and covers an area of 20 km2. The field contains 3 large and several smaller craters: Cresent crater (500 m diameter), Miter crater (300 m), and the collapsed cone of Terrace crater (300 m).
Cove Fort volcanic field, located southwest of Cove Fort. Cove Fort crater is a reddish cinder cone about 1 km in diameter. A basalt lava flow extends 20 km SW of the crater.


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