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Rangipo Desert of the North Island Volcanic Plateau. Numerous tephra layers are visible.

A volcanic plateau is a plateau produced by volcanic activity. There are two main types: lava plateaus and pyroclastic plateaus.

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Volcanic plateau

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A volcanic plateau is a plateau produced by volcanic activity. There are two main types: lava plateaus and pyroclastic plateaus. Lava plateaus are formed...

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Plateau

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movements, and erosion by water and glaciers. Volcanic plateaus are produced by volcanic activity. The Columbia Plateau in the north-western United States is...

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North Island Volcanic Plateau

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The North Island Volcanic Plateau (often called the Central Plateau and occasionally the Waimarino Plateau) is a volcanic plateau covering much of central...

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Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field

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Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field, also known as the Yellowstone Supervolcano or the Yellowstone Volcano, is a complex volcano, volcanic plateau and volcanic field...

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Glossary of landforms

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volcanic landforms Volcanic island – Island of volcanic origin Volcanic plateau – Plateau produced by volcanic activity Volcanic plug – Volcanic object created...

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Javakheti Plateau

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Javalkheti Plateau (Georgian: ჯავახეთის პლატო) is a volcanic plateau within the Caucasus Mountains that covers the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia...

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Deccan Plateau

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Since both rocks are found in the Deccan Plateau, it indicates two different environments of formation. The volcanic basalt beds of the Deccan were laid down...

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Dieng Plateau

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forms the floor of the caldera complex on the Dieng Volcanic Complex. Administratively, this plateau is included in the territory of Banjarnegara Regency...

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Dieng Volcanic Complex

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The Dieng Volcanic Complex (Javanese: ꦢꦶꦲꦾꦁ, romanized: Dihyang) is a volcanic complex located on the Dieng Plateau in Central Java, Indonesia, a complex...

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Pajarito Plateau

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The Pajarito Plateau is a volcanic plateau in north central New Mexico, United States. The plateau, part of the Jemez Mountains, is bounded on the west...

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Tharsis

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Tharsis (/ˈθɑːrsɪs/) is a vast volcanic plateau centered near the equator in the western hemisphere of Mars. The region is home to the largest volcanoes...

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Yellowstone hotspot

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erupted 1800 km3 of ash, occurred 4.5 million years ago. The Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field is composed of four adjacent calderas. West Thumb Lake is itself...

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Modoc Plateau

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Forest are on the plateau between the Medicine Lake Highlands in the west and the Warner Mountains in the east. Its landform is volcanic table land ranging...

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Taos Plateau volcanic field

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The Taos Plateau volcanic field is an area of extensive volcanism in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. It is the largest volcanic field in the Rio...

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Chilcotin Group

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the Chilcotin Plateau Basalts, is a large area of basaltic lava that forms a volcanic plateau running parallel with the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt in south-central...

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Olympus Mons

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Olympus Mons lies at the edge of the Tharsis bulge, an ancient vast volcanic plateau likely formed by the end of the Noachian Period. During the Hesperian...

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North Island temperate forests

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ecoregion. The North Island Volcanic Plateau occupies the center of the island. Lake Taupō, New Zealand's largest lake, sits in a volcanic caldera formed during...

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Geography of New Zealand

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North. The South Island is dominated by the Southern Alps while a volcanic plateau covers much of the central North Island. Temperatures commonly fall...

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Kerguelen Plateau

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Australia is the Broken Ridge underwater volcanic plateau, which at one time was contiguous with the Kerguelen Plateau before rifting by the mid-ocean ridge...

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Markagunt Plateau

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Markagunt Plateau is a volcanic field in southern Utah, United States. Formed in a region of older volcanics, it consists of several cinder cones and associated...

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Volcanism of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex

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000-square-kilometre (390-square-mile) plateau comprising the MEVC owes its origin to successive eruptions of highly mobile lava flows. Volcanic rocks such as alkali basalt...

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Iceland

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geologic activity includes geysers and frequent volcanic eruptions. The interior consists of a volcanic plateau characterised by sand and lava fields, mountains...

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Tharsis Montes

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Tharsis Montes volcanoes lie near the equator, along the crest of a vast volcanic plateau called the Tharsis region or Tharsis bulge. The Tharsis region is thousands...

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Dissected plateau

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Dissected volcanic plateaus include the Pajarito Plateau in New Mexico, on the skirt of the enormous Valles Caldera. Isolated portions of this plateau are known...

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Flood basalt

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A flood basalt (or plateau basalt) is the result of a giant volcanic eruption or series of eruptions that covers large stretches of land or the ocean...

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Andean Volcanic Belt

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four volcanic zones of the Andes. The Central Volcanic Zone extends from Peru to Chile and forms the western boundary of the Altiplano plateau. The volcanic...

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Active volcano

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volcano Modoc Plateau, a volcanic field and volcanic plateau Diamond Craters, a volcanic field and shield volcano Jordan Craters, a volcanic field Jackies...

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Oceanic plateau

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oceanic plateaus (see map). Oceanic plateaus produced by large igneous provinces are often associated with hotspots, mantle plumes, and volcanic islands...

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