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Lucaret Basalts volcano

Fissure vent 190 m / 623 ft
Romania, 45.83°N / 21.69°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5) | Reports
Lucaret Basalts volcano books
Typical eruption style: unspecified
Lucaret Basalts volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene) No recent earthquakes
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocation

Background:

The Lucaret basalt plateau, located near Timisoara in west-central Romania about 35 km ENE of Timisoara, is thought to be early Pleistocene (Savu et al. 1994, Poka 1988). Bleahu et al. (1973) also noted Pleistocene basalts SE of Timisoara.
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