Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley volcanic field

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The Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley volcanic field is a geologically young area in south-central Oregon characterized by numerous maars, tuff rings, and basaltic lava flows formed by explosive and effusive volcanic activity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf monogenetic volcanic field ⓘ
volcanic field ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
contains Big Hole maar ⓘ
Crack-in-the-Ground fissure ⓘ
Devils Garden lava field ⓘ
East Lava Field ⓘ
Fort Rock maar ⓘ
Four Craters Lava Field ⓘ
Hole-in-the-Ground maar ⓘ
Lost Forest Research Natural Area ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
eruptionStyle effusive ⓘ
explosive ⓘ
formedBy Strombolian eruptions ⓘ
phreatomagmatic eruptions ⓘ
geologicalAge Holocene ⓘ
Pleistocene ⓘ
Quaternary ⓘ
hasHazardPotential low to moderate ⓘ
hasLandform lava shield ⓘ
lava tube ⓘ
tuff ring plateau ⓘ
lastEruption Holocene epoch ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
locatedIn Lake County, Oregon ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
south-central Oregon ⓘ
monitoredBy USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory ⓘ
United States Geological Survey ⓘ
near Christmas Lake Valley ⓘ
Fort Rock, Oregon ⓘ
overlies Basin-fill sediments ⓘ
partOf Basin and Range Province ⓘ
High Lava Plains ⓘ
relatedTo Brothers Fault Zone ⓘ
Newberry Volcano ⓘ
rockType basalt ⓘ
basaltic andesite ⓘ
surfaceExpression maars filled with sediment ⓘ
scoria cones ⓘ
tectonicSetting extensional regime ⓘ
intra-plate ⓘ
usedFor geologic research ⓘ
volcanology education ⓘ
volcanicFeature cinder cone ⓘ
lava flow ⓘ
maar ⓘ
spatter cone ⓘ
tuff ring ⓘ

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Volcanoes of Oregon → hasNotableMember → Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley volcanic field ⓘ
Fort Rock volcanic tuff ring → partOf → Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley volcanic field ⓘ
Fort Rock volcanic tuff ring → volcanicField → Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley volcanic field ⓘ
Hole-in-the-Ground maar → partOf → Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley basin ⓘ
linked to: Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley volcanic field
Hole-in-the-Ground maar → partOf → Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley volcanic field ⓘ
Hole-in-the-Ground maar → volcanicField → Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley volcanic field ⓘ
Big Hole maar → mountainRange → Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley volcanic field ⓘ
Big Hole maar → volcanicField → Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley volcanic field ⓘ