Navajo Volcanic Field

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The Navajo Volcanic Field is a geologic region on the Colorado Plateau characterized by numerous volcanic necks, diatremes, and other erosional remnants of ancient volcanic activity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic region ⓘ
volcanic field ⓘ
ageRange approximately 28–19 million years old ⓘ
associatedWith Colorado Plateau uplift ⓘ
contains breccia pipe ⓘ
diatreme ⓘ
dike ⓘ
maar ⓘ
sill ⓘ
volcanic neck ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
erosionalState deeply eroded ⓘ
eruptiveStyle explosive ⓘ
phreatomagmatic ⓘ
exposes volcanic plumbing systems ⓘ
geologicalAge Miocene ⓘ
Oligocene ⓘ
linked to: Oligocene Epoch
hasGeomorphology isolated volcanic necks rising above plateau ⓘ
isFamousFor abundant diatremes and breccia pipes ⓘ
prominent volcanic neck Shiprock ⓘ
locatedIn Arizona ⓘ
Colorado ⓘ
Colorado Plateau ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Southwestern United States ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
magmaComposition potassic ⓘ
ultrapotassic ⓘ
magmaSource mantle-derived ⓘ
namedAfter Navajo Nation ⓘ
notableFeature Agathla Peak ⓘ
Carrizo Mountains intrusions ⓘ
Cerro de Cristo Rey ⓘ
El Capitan (Arizona) ⓘ
Mitten Rock ⓘ
Shiprock ⓘ
oldestActivityApproximateAge about 28 million years ago ⓘ
overlies sedimentary rocks of the Colorado Plateau ⓘ
partOf Colorado Plateau volcanic province ⓘ
researchUse study of carbonatite magmatism ⓘ
study of diatreme formation ⓘ
study of mantle-derived magmas ⓘ
rockType alkalic igneous rock ⓘ
carbonatite ⓘ
lamprophyre ⓘ
minette ⓘ
tectonicSetting Colorado Plateau interior ⓘ
linked to: Colorado Plateau

intraplate ⓘ
youngestActivityApproximateAge about 19 million years ago ⓘ

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Shiprock → partOf → Navajo Volcanic Field ⓘ
subject linked to: Shiprock (rock formation)
Shiprock, New Mexico → featureOfInterestNearby → Navajo volcanic field ⓘ
linked to: Navajo Volcanic Field
Ute Mountain volcanic plug → geologicProvince → Colorado Plateau volcanic field ⓘ
linked to: Navajo Volcanic Field
Navajo Volcanic Field → partOf → Colorado Plateau volcanic province ⓘ
linked to: Navajo Volcanic Field
Arizona volcanic province → hasPart → Hopi Buttes volcanic field ⓘ
linked to: Navajo Volcanic Field
Shiprock → partOf → Navajo Volcanic Field ⓘ
subject linked to: Shiprock (monadnock)
Agathla Peak → partOf → Navajo Volcanic Field ⓘ