Earth:Pemberton Volcanic Belt

Short description: Volcanic belt in British Columbia, Canada

Geological formations related to volcanism in the Canadian Cascade Arc, including the Pemberton Volcanic Belt

The Pemberton Volcanic Belt is an eroded Oligocene-Miocene volcanic belt at a low angle near the Mount Meager massif, British Columbia, Canada . The Garibaldi and Pemberton volcanic belts appear to merge into a single belt, although the Pemberton is older than the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt. The Pemberton Volcanic Belt is one of the geological formations comprising the Canadian Cascade Arc. It formed as a result of subduction of the former Farallon Plate.

Features

Features within the Pemberton Belt include:

• Mount Barr Plutonic Complex
  • Mount Barr
• Chilliwack batholith
  • Slesse Mountain
• Chipmunk Mountain [ ⚑ ] 50°34′49.87″N 122°55′56.47″W
• Coquihalla Mountain [ ⚑ ] 49°31′30.0″N 121°03′36.0″W
• Crevasse Crag
• Franklin Glacier Complex
• Salal Creek Pluton
• Silverthrone Caldera

See also

• Garibaldi Volcanic Belt
• Geology of the Pacific Northwest
• Cascade Volcanoes
• Volcanism of Canada
• Volcanism of Western Canada

References

• Canada Volcanoes and Volcanics USGS