Big Cave volcano
Shield 1259 m / 4131 ft
California, United States, 40.96°N / -121.37°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5) | Reports
Big Cave volcano books
California, United States, 40.96°N / -121.37°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5) | Reports
Big Cave volcano books
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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Big Cave volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Big Cave volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background:
The Big Cave shield volcano, at the northern end of an area of late-Quaternary volcanism extending north from Lassen Peak, is a small basaltic shield with young pyroclastic cones at the summit and north flank. Big Cave volcano was considered to be of either Holocene (Luedke and Smith, 1981; Miller, 1989) or latest Pleistocene or Holocene age (Sarna-Wojcicki et al., 1983). The inconspicuous low shield volcano, located between Big Lake on the north and Bald Mountain on the south, is surrounded by an extensive now forested lava field. Big Cave was considered by Clynne, 2007 pers. comm.) to probably be of similar age as nearby Cinder Butte volcano, which was dated at 38,000 +/- 7000 years.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
Big Cave Photos:
 View onto Cemoro Lawang village on the caldera rim (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |  A barrage of bombs hits the water, some quite far from the shore. (Photo: Iris Karinkanta) |  The Tengger caldera in the morning (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |
 To the NE, the caldera is breached by a giant valley, created by a large, prehistoric flank collapse of the Tengger volcano. (c) |  tz_d16338.jpg (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |  tz_d16334.jpg (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |
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