Uinkaret volcanic field
Uinkaret volcanic field | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,555 m (5,102 ft)[1] |
Coordinates | 36°23′N 113°08′W / 36.38°N 113.13°W |
Geography | |
Location | Mohave County, Arizona, US |
Topo map | USGS Mount Logan |
Geology | |
Age of rock | 1.2 million years[2] |
Mountain type | volcanic field |
Last eruption | 1100 ± 75 years |
The Uinkaret volcanic field is an area of monogenetic volcanoes in northwestern Arizona, United States, located on the north rim of the Grand Canyon.[2]
Lava flows from the Uinkaret volcanic field that have cascaded down into the Grand Canyon, damming the Colorado River, have been used to date the canyon's carving.[3] One of these cascades is today's Lava Falls. Lava Falls Rapid, below Lava Falls on the Colorado River, is "at all water levels, the most severe rapid in Grand Canyon."[4]
The Colorado River was dammed by lava flows multiple times from 725,000 to 100,000 years ago.[5] While some believe that these lava dams were stable, lasting up to 20,000 years and forming large reservoirs,[6] others think they failed quickly and catastrophically as massive floods.[7] Lava flows traveled downriver 76 miles (121 km) from river mile 178 to 254.[citation needed]
One lava flow, from Little Springs, south of
South Rim.[1]
Notable Vents
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
meters | feet | Coordinates
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Mount Emma[8] | - | - | - | - |
Little Springs[8] | - | - | - | 1050-1200 AD |
Prospect Cone[8] | - | - | - | - |
Mount Trumbull[8] | - | - | - | - |
Vulcan's Forge[2] | - | - | - | - |
Vulcan's Throne[1][2] | - | - | - | 73,000 years ago |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Uinkaret Field". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ ISBN 0-521-43811-X.
- ^ "Grand Canyon National Park – Geologic Formations (U.S. National Park Service)". U.S. National Park Service. 2007-03-29. Retrieved 2007-05-24.
- ^ New Debris Flow at Lava Falls, at Grand Canyon River Guides. Accessed 5/26/09.
- ^ Karlstrom, K., Crow, R., Peters, L., McIntosh, W., Raucci, J., Crossey, L., and Umhoefer, P., 2007, 40Ar/39Ar and field studies of Quaternary basalts in Grand Canyon and model for carving Grand Canyon: Quantifying the interaction of river incision and normal faulting across the western edge of the Colorado Plateau: GSA Bulletin, v. 119, no. 11/12, pp. 1283–1312.
- ^ Hamblin, W.K., 1994, Late Cenozoic lava dams in the western Grand Canyon: Geological Society of America Memoir 183, 139 p.
- doi:10.1086/379694.
- ^ a b c d "Uinkaret Field: Synonyms and Subfeatures". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
External links
- Uinkaret Volcanic Field, Western Grand Canyon, Arizona at Volcano World
- Full-size version of image in infobox, NASA ASTER satellite image.
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