Cima Lava Field Volcano
Updated: Apr 18, 2024 09:01 GMT -
Volcanic field 1509 m / 4951 ft
California, United States, 35.27°N / -115.75°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
California, United States, 35.27°N / -115.75°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Cima Lava Field volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
The Cima volcanic field covers an area of about 150 km2 and contains 52 vents of Miocene-to-Pleistocene age. The youngest flows have been mapped as Holocene (Calif Div of Mines & Geol), and a radiocarbon date of 330-480 BP was obtained on the Black Tank cone. Later work suggests that the most recent activity was no younger than about 15,000 BP (Dohrenwend, in Wood and Kienle 1990; Wells et al. 1990). The youngest surface exposure ages obtained by Philipps (2003) were 11,500 and 11,600 years BP.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information