Flood Range

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Flood Range is a volcanic mountain range in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica, known for its extensive basaltic lava flows and glaciated volcanic peaks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range
volcanic field
volcanic mountain range
climate polar
composition basaltic lava
country Antarctica
discoveredBy United States Antarctic Service Expedition
eruptionStyle fissure-fed lava flows
geologicalProvince West Antarctic Rift System
glaciation heavily glaciated
hasCharacteristic extensive basaltic lava flows
glaciated volcanic peaks
ice-covered volcanoes
hasGeologicalAge Cenozoic
Miocene to Holocene volcanism
hasPeak Mount Aldaz
Mount Berlin
Mount Bursey
Mount Frakes
Mount Galla
Mount Kosciusko (Flood Range)
Mount Moulton
Mount Rees
Mount Steere
hasProcess ice–volcano interaction
subglacial volcanism
highestPeak Mount Berlin
iceCoverage largely ice-covered
isPartOf Antarctic volcanic belt
locatedIn Marie Byrd Land
West Antarctica
locatedOnContinent Antarctica
mountainType volcanic
namedAfter Byrd Station meteorologist Harry Flood
notableVolcano Mount Berlin
Mount Moulton
partOf Marie Byrd Land Volcanic Province
regionType remote
researchField geochemistry
glaciology
volcanology
surfaceFeature lava plateaus
scoria cones
shield volcanoes
tectonicSetting intraplate volcanism
rift-related volcanism
volcanicRockType basalt
trachyte

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