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S P Crater is a cinder cone volcano 25 miles (40 km) north of Flagstaff, Arizona. [4] Saddle Crater; South Sheba Crater; Stewart Crater; Strawberry Crater; Sunset Crater is a cinder cone volcano in the San Francisco volcanic field, and a part of the Sunset Crater National Monument. [5] The Sproul
A summer storm hits Wah Wah Valley and the Wah Wah Mountains, in May 2009. Wah Wah Springs Caldera is a supervolcanic eruption remnant discovered in 2013 in Utah.It released 5,500 to 5,900 cubic kilometres (1,300 to 1,400 cu mi) of tephra, as the Wah Wah Springs Tuff, about 30.06 million years ago in the early Oligocene.
Large volume volcanic eruptions in the Basin and Range Province include Basin and Range eruptions in Utah, California, Idaho, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Wyoming and Oregon, as well as those of the Long Valley Caldera geological province and the Yellowstone hotspot.
The Peridot Mesa vent is a part of the San Carlos volcanic field located in San Carlos, Arizona, United States on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation.The mesa is about 3 km (1.9 mi) in diameter and is capped by a basalt flow 3 to 6 meters thick that originated from a volcanic cone located in the Southwest corner of the mesa.
The Marysvale contains a variety of volcanic features, including stratovolcanoes, calderas, lava domes, and cinder cones. The field is an example of intraplate volcanism ; its earlier deposits are thought to be related to Farallon plate subduction , while the later bimodal assemblage (especially the basalts) have been linked to Basin and Range ...
The Hurricane Fault, and the Hurricane Cliffs strike into southwest Utah as part of the west, and southwest perimeter of the Colorado Plateau. The Hurricane Cliffs are made of Kaibab Limestone, an erosion resistant, cliff-forming rock unit. The Uinkaret volcanic field is a resultant of
This is a list of volcanic eruptions in the 21st century with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 4 or higher, and smaller eruptions that resulted in fatalities, significant damage or disruptions. The largest volcanic eruption of the 21st century is the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami , and the deadliest are the 2018 ...
Strawberry Crater is a cinder cone volcano, more than 1,000 feet (300 m) high, in the San Francisco volcanic field, 20 miles (32 km) north of Flagstaff, Arizona. [6] It is along Forest Road 545 between the Wupatki National Monument and Sunset Crater National Monument in the Strawberry Crater Wilderness. [ 5 ]