Eastern Anatolian volcanic province

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The Eastern Anatolian volcanic province is a geologically active region in eastern Turkey characterized by extensive volcanic fields, large stratovolcanoes, and widespread lava plateaus formed by Neogene–Quaternary volcanism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological region
volcanic province
associatedWith Arabian Plate northward motion
Eurasian Plate collision
escape tectonics of Anatolian Plate
contains Ağrı Dağı volcanic complex
linked to: Ağrı Dağı

Nemrut volcano
linked to: Nemrut Crater area

Süphan volcano
Tendürek volcano
volcanic fields around Lake Van
country Turkey
dominantMagmaType alkaline basalt
tholeiitic basalt
geodynamicProcess crustal shortening
lithospheric thinning
mantle upwelling
slab break-off
geologicalPeriod Holocene
Miocene
Pleistocene
linked to: Pleistocene epoch

Pliocene
linked to: Pliocene epoch
hasFeature andesitic lava flows
basaltic lava flows
calderas
dacitic lava flows
extensive volcanic fields
ignimbrites
large stratovolcanoes
lava plateaus
monogenetic cones
shield-like volcanic edifices
hazardType volcanic hazard
influences local climate and hydrology through high plateaus
regional topography of Eastern Anatolia
locatedIn eastern Turkey
locatedOn Anatolian Plateau
magmaComposition basaltic-andesitic
calc-alkaline
magmaSource asthenospheric mantle
lithospheric mantle
near Lake Van
partOf Alpine–Himalayan orogenic belt
Anatolia
researchField geochemistry
tectonics
volcanology
tectonicSetting Anatolian–Eurasian–Arabian triple junction region
collision zone between Arabian Plate and Eurasian Plate
volcanicActivity active in Quaternary
historically active volcanoes present
volcanismAge Neogene
Neogene–Quaternary
Quaternary

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Süphan Mountain belongsToVolcanicRegion Eastern Anatolian volcanic province