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The 100 km 2 (39 sq mi) Lavic Lake volcanic field is a basaltic pahoehoe lava plain and has four Holocene (approximately 10,000 years ago) cinder cone type volcanos, three in the Lavic Dry Lake area, and a fourth located southwest in the Rodman Mountains. [1] [2] The oldest cinder cone, Pisgah Crater may be pre-Holocene, erupting around 25,000 ...
Pisgah Crater, or Pisgah Volcano, is a young volcanic cinder cone rising above a lava plain in the Mojave Desert, between Barstow and Needles, California in San Bernardino County, California. The volcanic peak is around 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of historic U.S. Route 66 - National Old Trails Highway and of Interstate 40 , and west of the town ...
During the night of 20 February 1979, the Sinila volcano of the Dieng Volcanic Complex erupted on the Indonesian island of Java in Central Java province. Over 175 people died, mainly due to gas poisoning in villages on the plateau near the Sinila crater. [7] [8] It was the fourth Sinila eruption since 1928, and the first one since 1951.
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Indeed, land is created on Java as a result of lava flows, ash deposits, and mud flows (lahars). Volcanoes are a major contributor to the immense fertility of Java, as natural erosion transports volcanic material as alluvium to the island's plains, forming thick layers of fertile sediment. The benefit is not just in the immediate vicinity of ...
Mount Semeru and Mount Bromo in East Java. Together, they form the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park. Mount Agung and Mount Batur in Bali; Galunggung in West Java. Krakatoa. A violent eruption in August 1883 resulted in the obliteration of the three-peaked volcanic island. Anak Krakatoa. It emerged from the sea in 1927–1930; Mount Merapi in ...
A wildfire burning in Siskiyou County, California, grew to 13,300 acres as gusty winds helped fan the blaze on Tuesday, June 29.Evacuation orders and road closures remained in place for areas of ...
Obsidian from the Coso Volcanic Fields was heavily exploited by Native American Coso People to make knives, projectile points, and the like (Hughes 1998). The chief period of exploitation was between approximately 3000 and 1000 years ago, when people mined obsidian by constructing benches in hillsides and digging deep pits to access raw materials (Elston and Zeier 1984; Gilreath and Hildebrand ...