Cascade Range volcanic province

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The Cascade Range volcanic province is a major volcanic region in western North America characterized by a chain of active and dormant stratovolcanoes and extensive volcanic deposits formed by the subduction of the Juan de Fuca Plate beneath the North American Plate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic province
subduction-related volcanic arc
volcanic province
associatedWith Explorer Plate
Gorda Plate
Juan de Fuca Plate
North American Plate
cause subduction of the Juan de Fuca Plate beneath the North American Plate
characterizedBy active volcanoes
chain of stratovolcanoes
dormant volcanoes
extensive volcanic deposits
contains Crater Lake (Mount Mazama)
linked to: Crater Lake

Garibaldi Volcanic Belt
Lassen Peak
Mount Adams
Mount Baker
Mount Garibaldi
Mount Hood
Mount Jefferson
Mount Rainier
Mount Shasta
Mount St. Helens
Three Sisters volcanic complex
geologicAge Cenozoic
hazardType ash fall
explosive eruptions
lahars
pyroclastic flows
lastMajorEruptionIncludes 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
locatedIn Canada
United States
western North America
majorActivityBegan Miocene
monitoredBy Geological Survey of Canada
United States Geological Survey
ongoingActivity Holocene
orogeny Cascadia subduction zone
partOf Cascade Range
primaryVolcanicProcess arc volcanism
rockType andesite
basalt
dacite
rhyolite
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary
subduction zone
volcanicLandforms cinder cones
lava domes
shield volcanoes
stratovolcanoes

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Callahan flow geologicalContext Cascade Range volcanic province
Glass Mountain region Cascade volcanic province
linked to: Cascade Range volcanic province
Little Glass Mountain partOf Cascade Range volcanic province
Haystack Rock partOf Tillamook Volcanics
linked to: Cascade Range volcanic province
Shastina geologicalProvince Cascade Range volcanic province
Medicine Lake partOf Cascade Range volcanic province
McArthur–Burney Falls Memorial State Park geology Cascade Range volcanic province
White Salmon Glacier partOf Cascade Volcanoes region
linked to: Cascade Range volcanic province
Lava Beds National Monument partOf Cascade Range volcanic province
subject linked to: Lava Beds
Russell Glacier partOf Cascade Range volcanoes
linked to: Cascade Range volcanic province
Lava River Cave partOf Cascade Range volcanic province
Mono-Inyo Craters volcanicArcOrBelt Cascade-Sierra volcanic belt
linked to: Cascade Range volcanic province
Medicine Lake Highlands volcanicProvince Cascade Volcanic Province
linked to: Cascade Range volcanic province
Cougar, Washington partOf United States Pacific Northwest volcanic region
linked to: Cascade Range volcanic province
Washington State Route 503 connectsTo Mount St. Helens region
subject linked to: State Route 503
linked to: Cascade Range volcanic province
Belknap Crater belongsTo Oregon Cascades volcanic province
linked to: Cascade Range volcanic province
Cinnamon Butte isPartOf Cascade Range volcanic province
Black Buttes isPartOf North Cascades volcanic arc
linked to: Cascade Range volcanic province
Four-in-One Cone isPartOf High Cascades volcanic province
linked to: Cascade Range volcanic province
Lassen Peak region Pacific Northwest volcanic province
subject linked to: Mount Lassen
linked to: Cascade Range volcanic province
Mammoth Crater featureOf Cascade Range volcanic province
Fleener Chimneys partOf Cascade Range volcanic province
Black Crater partOf Cascade Range volcanic province
Heppe Cave partOf Cascade Range volcanic province