Kuantan Basalt volcano
Cone 10 m / 33 ft
Malaysia, 3.89°N / 103.37°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5) | Reports
Kuantan Basalt volcano books
Malaysia, 3.89°N / 103.37°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5) | Reports
Kuantan Basalt volcano books
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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Kuantan Basalt volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Kuantan Basalt volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance | Location |
Background:
Basaltic lava flows crop out over an area of 150 km2 near the coast of the South China Sea at Pantai Batu Hitam and Beserah. Bignell and Snelling (1977) obtained a K-Ar age of 1.6 +/- 0.2 Ma.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
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