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Volcanic plugs of California. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates)
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The peaks were created more than 20 million years ago during the Miocene Epoch of the Neogene Period, as volcanic plugs of magma which welled up and solidified inside softer rock which has since eroded away. [citation needed] Every plug, with the exception of just two, formed in a nearly straight line. Two of the plugs are in Morro Bay State Park.
Geologic map of the Sonoma Volcanics. The Sonoma Volcanics are a geologic formation of volcanic origin that is widespread in Napa and Sonoma counties, California.Most of the formation is Pliocene in age and includes obsidian, perlitic glass, diatomaceous mud, pyroclastic tuff, pumice, rhyolite tuffs, andesite breccias and interbedded volcanic lava flows.
A volcanic plug, also called a volcanic neck or lava neck, is a volcanic object created when magma hardens within a vent on an active volcano. When present, a plug can cause an extreme build-up of high gas pressure if rising volatile -charged magma is trapped beneath it, and this can sometimes lead to an explosive eruption.
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The 581-foot (177 m) [1] Morro Rock is one of 13 volcanic plugs (remnant necks of extinct volcanoes), lava domes, and sheetlike intrusions between Morro Bay on the north and Islay Hill on the south, all in San Luis Obispo County. [8] It is composed mostly of dacite, an igneous, volcanic rock.