Cascade Range volcanic province

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The Cascade Range volcanic province is a major volcanic region in western North America characterized by a chain of active and dormant stratovolcanoes and extensive volcanic deposits formed by the subduction of the Juan de Fuca Plate beneath the North American Plate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic province
subduction-related volcanic arc
volcanic province
associatedWith Explorer Plate
Gorda Plate
Juan de Fuca Plate
North American Plate
cause subduction of the Juan de Fuca Plate beneath the North American Plate
characterizedBy active volcanoes
chain of stratovolcanoes
dormant volcanoes
extensive volcanic deposits
contains Crater Lake (Mount Mazama)
linked to: Crater Lake

Garibaldi Volcanic Belt
Lassen Peak
Mount Adams
Mount Baker
Mount Garibaldi
Mount Hood
Mount Jefferson
Mount Rainier
Mount Shasta
Mount St. Helens
Three Sisters volcanic complex
geologicAge Cenozoic
hazardType ash fall
explosive eruptions
lahars
pyroclastic flows
lastMajorEruptionIncludes 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
locatedIn Canada
United States
western North America
majorActivityBegan Miocene
monitoredBy Geological Survey of Canada
United States Geological Survey
ongoingActivity Holocene
orogeny Cascadia subduction zone
partOf Cascade Range
primaryVolcanicProcess arc volcanism
rockType andesite
basalt
dacite
rhyolite
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary
subduction zone
volcanicLandforms cinder cones
lava domes
shield volcanoes
stratovolcanoes

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Callahan flow geologicalContext Cascade Range volcanic province
Glass Mountain region Cascade volcanic province
linked to: Cascade Range volcanic province
Little Glass Mountain partOf Cascade Range volcanic province
Haystack Rock partOf Tillamook Volcanics
linked to: Cascade Range volcanic province
Shastina geologicalProvince Cascade Range volcanic province
Medicine Lake partOf Cascade Range volcanic province
McArthur–Burney Falls Memorial State Park geology Cascade Range volcanic province
White Salmon Glacier partOf Cascade Volcanoes region
linked to: Cascade Range volcanic province
Lava Beds National Monument partOf Cascade Range volcanic province
subject linked to: Lava Beds
Russell Glacier partOf Cascade Range volcanoes
linked to: Cascade Range volcanic province
Lava River Cave partOf Cascade Range volcanic province
Mono-Inyo Craters volcanicArcOrBelt Cascade-Sierra volcanic belt
linked to: Cascade Range volcanic province
Medicine Lake Highlands volcanicProvince Cascade Volcanic Province
linked to: Cascade Range volcanic province