Newer Volcanics Province

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The Newer Volcanics Province is a geologically young volcanic field in southeastern Australia characterized by numerous basaltic volcanoes, lava flows, and maars, including those around Mount Gambier.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Newer Volcanics Province canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological province ⓘ
volcanic field ⓘ
associatedWith East Australian hotspot track ⓘ
characterizedBy basaltic volcanism ⓘ
basaltic volcanoes ⓘ
lava flows ⓘ
maars ⓘ
considered potentially active volcanic field ⓘ
contains Blue Lake maar ⓘ
Hanging Rock ⓘ
Lava flows of the Western District ⓘ
Mount Eccles ⓘ
Mount Gambier volcanic complex ⓘ
Mount Napier ⓘ
Mount Schank ⓘ
Red Rock volcanic complex ⓘ
Tower Hill volcano ⓘ
Valley Lake maar NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
coversArea tens of thousands of square kilometres ⓘ
dominantMagmaType basalt ⓘ
eruptionStyle Hawaiian ⓘ
Strombolian ⓘ
extendsTo southeastern South Australia ⓘ
western Victoria ⓘ
geologicalAge Holocene ⓘ
Pleistocene ⓘ
linked to: Pleistocene epoch

Quaternary ⓘ
hasFeature lava caves ⓘ
lava tubes ⓘ
maar-diatreme volcanoes ⓘ
scoria cones ⓘ
shield volcanoes ⓘ
hasHazardType volcanic eruption hazard ⓘ
hasResearchField geochronology ⓘ
volcanology ⓘ
influences regional groundwater systems ⓘ
soil fertility in western Victoria ⓘ
lastEruptionSites Mount Gambier area ⓘ
linked to: Mount Gambier

Mount Schank area ⓘ
locatedIn South Australia ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ
southeastern Australia ⓘ
monitoredBy Geoscience Australia ⓘ
state geological surveys of Victoria and South Australia ⓘ
partOf East Australian intraplate volcanism ⓘ
tectonicSetting intraplate ⓘ
intraplate volcanic field ⓘ
youngestEruptionsAge Holocene ⓘ
less than 10,000 years ago ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mount Gambier → volcanicProvince → Newer Volcanics Province ⓘ
Western District of Victoria → geologicalFeature → Newer Volcanics Province ⓘ