Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley volcanic field

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The Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley volcanic field is a geologically young area in south-central Oregon characterized by numerous maars, tuff rings, and basaltic lava flows formed by explosive and effusive volcanic activity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf monogenetic volcanic field
volcanic field
climate semi-arid
contains Big Hole maar
Crack-in-the-Ground fissure
Devils Garden lava field
East Lava Field
Fort Rock maar
Four Craters Lava Field
Hole-in-the-Ground maar
Lost Forest Research Natural Area
country United States
eruptionStyle effusive
explosive
formedBy Strombolian eruptions
phreatomagmatic eruptions
geologicalAge Holocene
Pleistocene
Quaternary
hasHazardPotential low to moderate
hasLandform lava shield
lava tube
tuff ring plateau
lastEruption Holocene epoch
linked to: Holocene
locatedIn Lake County, Oregon
Oregon
south-central Oregon
monitoredBy USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory
United States Geological Survey
near Christmas Lake Valley
Fort Rock, Oregon
overlies Basin-fill sediments
partOf Basin and Range Province
High Lava Plains
relatedTo Brothers Fault Zone
Newberry Volcano
rockType basalt
basaltic andesite
surfaceExpression maars filled with sediment
scoria cones
tectonicSetting extensional regime
intra-plate
usedFor geologic research
volcanology education
volcanicFeature cinder cone
lava flow
maar
spatter cone
tuff ring

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Volcanoes of Oregon hasNotableMember Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley volcanic field
Fort Rock volcanic tuff ring partOf Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley volcanic field
Fort Rock volcanic tuff ring volcanicField Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley volcanic field
Hole-in-the-Ground maar partOf Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley basin
linked to: Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley volcanic field
Hole-in-the-Ground maar partOf Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley volcanic field
Hole-in-the-Ground maar volcanicField Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley volcanic field
Big Hole maar mountainRange Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley volcanic field
Big Hole maar volcanicField Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley volcanic field