Cook Inlet volcanic province

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The Cook Inlet volcanic province is a geologically active region in south-central Alaska characterized by a chain of prominent stratovolcanoes along the Cook Inlet, several of which have a history of explosive eruptions.

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Cook Inlet volcanic province canonical 2
Cook Inlet volcanoes 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic region
volcanic province
country United States
dominantMagmaComposition andesitic
dacitic
economicImpact risk to oil and gas infrastructure in Cook Inlet region
threat to aviation from volcanic ash
eruptionHistory Holocene eruptions at Hayes Volcano
Holocene eruptions at Iliamna Volcano
historical eruptions at Mount Spurr
multiple historical eruptions at Augustine Volcano
multiple historical eruptions at Redoubt Volcano
eruptionStyle explosive
formsArc northwestern segment of the Aleutian volcanic arc
geologicAge Holocene activity
Quaternary
hasVolcano Augustine Volcano
Douglas Volcano
Fourpeaked Mountain
Hayes Volcano
Iliamna Volcano
Mount Spurr
Mount Susitna (inferred plutonic or deeply eroded volcanic feature)
Redoubt Volcano
hazardType ashfall
lahars
pyroclastic flows
volcanic gas emissions
locatedIn Alaska
south-central Alaska
linked to: Southcentral Alaska
locatedOn Cook Inlet
monitoredBy Alaska Volcano Observatory
U.S. Geological Survey
University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute
nearbyCity Anchorage
Homer
Kenai
overlies subducting Pacific Plate slab
partOf Alaska Peninsula and Cook Inlet volcanic arc
Aleutian volcanic arc
linked to: Aleutian Arc
region Cook Inlet region
linked to: Cook Inlet
relatedTo Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone
significance major source of volcanic hazard for south-central Alaska
subductingPlate Pacific Plate
tectonicPlate North American Plate
tectonicSetting subduction zone
volcanicActivity historically active
volcanicArcType continental arc
volcanoTypeDominant stratovolcano

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Mount Redoubt featureOf Cook Inlet volcanic province
Mount Spurr isPartOf Cook Inlet volcanoes
linked to: Cook Inlet volcanic province
Alaska Volcano Observatory monitors Cook Inlet volcanoes
linked to: Cook Inlet volcanic province
Crater Peak region Cook Inlet volcanic province
subject linked to: satellite cone Crater Peak