Kauai

sopka (bez známé erupce za posledních ~12 000 let), United States, Eastern Pacific Volcanic Regions

Kde

United States, Eastern Pacific Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Shield

Nadmořská výška

1 668 m

Poloha

22,070°, -159,500°

Kauai Island is composed of a single large eroded shield volcano with a summit caldera 15-20 km in diameter and two flank calderas. Large Pliocene debris avalanches extended to the north and south. The spectacular Waimea Canyon and Napalm cliffs on the NW coast are products of extensive erosion. Most of the volcano is of Pliocene age; however, rejuvenation of activity during the Pleistocene produced lavas and cones over the eastern two-thirds of the island Potassium-Argon dated 1.40-0.6 million years ago (Macdonald and Abbott 1970).

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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