Leizhou Bandao

sopka (bez známé erupce za posledních ~12 000 let), China, Eastern Asia Volcanic Regions

Kde

China, Eastern Asia Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Volcanic field

Nadmořská výška

259 m

Poloha

20,780°, 110,170°

The Leizhou Bandao volcanic field is an area of extensive Quaternary lava flows and basaltic cones on the Leizhou (Liuchow) Peninsula in SE China, across the Qiongzhou strait N of Hainan Island. The field is the northern portion of the Qionglei volcano group (also known as the Leiqiong volcanic field), a 7300 km2 basaltic-to-basanitic plateau that covers the southern Leizhou (Liuchow) Peninsula and extends across a broad area of northern Hainan. Volcanism on the peninsula was controlled by E-W extension related to the opening of the South China Sea Basin. Yingfengling and Tianyang are Pleistocene stratovolcanoes that contain large amounts of mantle xenoliths. Many cones are found in the southern portion of the peninsula, and another similar area lies at the northern end, W of Zhanjiang City. No Holocene features have been identified in either of the volcanic areas on the Leizhou Peninsula.

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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