Broken Top Volcano
Updated: 29 mar. 2024 14:19 GMT -
stratovolcano 663 m / 2,175 ft
Oregon (Canada e USA (continente)), 44.08°N / -121.7°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Oregon (Canada e USA (continente)), 44.08°N / -121.7°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Broken Top in the Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon, is, as the name suggests, the heavily eroded top of a probably extinct stratovolcano.
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Eruzioni del vulcano Broken Top: unknown, but probably none during the past 10,000 years
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Background
The earliest products were basaltic lava flows forming a basal shield. Later stage eruptions built a steeper cone of more silica rich lava flows and pyroclastic deposits.Broken Top Volcano Photos
Vulcano Broken Top, Oregon (Photo: Richard Arculus)