Bijar Volcanic Field Volcano
Updated: Oct 11, 2024 04:58 GMT -
Pyroclastic cone(s) unknown
Iran, 35.58°N / 47.8°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Iran, 35.58°N / 47.8°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Bijar Volcanic Field volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
The Bijar volcanic field of a cluster of Miocene dacitic and rhyolitic lava domes and a group of Pleistocene (Potassium-Argon dates 1.3-0.5 million years ago) alkaline cinder and spatter cones and two rhyolitic lava domes (Boccaletti et al. 1976-77).---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information