Earth:List of lava domes

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Lava domes are common features on volcanoes around the world. Lava domes are known to exist on plate margins as well as in intra-arc hotspots, and on heights above 6000 m and in the sea floor.[1] Individual lava domes and volcanoes featuring lava domes are listed below.

Africa

Ethiopia

Asia

Afghanistan

Dome or volcano name Volcanic area Composition Last dome eruption
or growth episode
Dacht-i-Navar Group Ghanzi region
Vakak Group Ghanzi region

Armenia

  • Geghama mountains

Indonesia

Japan

Mount Tarumae, Japan
Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group, Japan

Philippines

Russia

Ridge of lava domes of Diky Greben complex, Russia

Taiwan

  • Tatun Volcano Group[2]

Turkey

Europe

France

Puy-de-Dôme, France

Greece

Iceland

Italy

United Kingdom

  • Glynn Hill, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
  • Scafell Dacite (including Great Gable), Cumbria, England [4]
  • Skerry Fell Fad, Argyll and Bute, Scotland[5]

North America

Canada

Atwell Peak, British Columbia

Grenada

Mexico

  • Popocatepetl, Mexico
  • El Chichon, Chiapas, Mexico

United States

Black Butte, California
Novarupta, Alaska
Cinnamon Butte, Oregon
Mount Elden, Arizona

South America

Argentina

Dome or volcano name Volcanic area Composition Last dome eruption
or growth episode
Tipas Central Volcanic Zone
Trocon Southern Volcanic Zone Andesite to Dacite

Bolivia

Chile

250px|thumb|right|Aerial view of the [[Rhyolite|rhyolitic lava dome of Volcán Chaitén in Chile (2009)]]

Dome or volcano name Volcanic area Composition Last dome eruption
or growth episode
Cerros de Saltar Central Volcanic Zone Dacite Pliocene
Chaitén Southern Volcanic Zone Rhyolite 2010
Cerro Chao Central Volcanic Zone Dacite Quaternary
Cerro Porquesa Central Volcanic Zone Rhyodacite Pliocene/Pleistocene
Chillahuita Central Volcanic Zone
Corona Dome Complex Central Volcanic Zone Andesite Quaternary
Cordón Caulle Southern Volcanic Zone Rhyodacite to Rhyolite Holocene
Fueguino Austral Volcanic Zone Holocene
Lascar Central Volcanic Zone Dacite 2007
Volcán Nuevo Southern Volcanic Zone Dacite 1986
Sollipulli Southern Volcanic Zone Andesite to Dacite
Taapaca Central Volcanic Zone Holocene

Oceania

New Zealand

Obsidian veins at Ben Lomond, New Zealand
  • Ben Lomond, North Island
  • Mount Tarawera, North Island
  • Mangere Mountain, North Island

Australia

Extraterrestrial lava domes

Mons Rümker from Apollo 15

See also

References

  1. Yoshihiko Goto and Nobutaka Tsuchiya. Morphology and growth style of a Miocene submarine dacite lava dome at Atsumi, northeast Japan. 2004 Elsevier B.V.
  2. "Tatun Volcanic Group". 2023-10-11. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=281032. 
  3. "Amiata: Synonyms and Subfeatures". Global Volcanism Program. https://volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vn=211800&vtab=Subfeatures. 
  4. Geology of England and Wales, pp118ff
  5. Upton, B. G. J. (2015). Volcanoes and the Making of Scotland. Dunedin Academic Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1780465418. https://books.google.com/books?id=fVxwDwAAQBAJ. Retrieved 14 August 2019. 
  6. Wöhler, C.; Lena, R.; Pau, K. C. (2007). "The Lunar Dome Complex Mons Rümker: Morphometry, Rheology, and Mode of Emplacement". http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2007/pdf/1091.pdf. Retrieved 10 March 2017.