Volcanism of Western Canada

Volcanism of Western Canada has produced lava flows, lava plateaus, lava domes, cinder cones, stratovolcanoes, shield volcanoes, greenstone belts, submarine volcanoes, calderas, diatremes and maars, along with examples of more less common volcanic forms such as tuyas and subglacial mounds.

Volcanism of Western Canada
Mount Edziza in northern British Columbia
Western Canada, defined politically.
Location	British Columbia, Canada
Geology	Volcanism

Volcanic belts

Anahim Volcanic Belt
Alert Bay Volcanic Belt
Bird River greenstone belt
Chilcotin Group – Large area of basaltic lava in south-central British Columbia, Canada
Flin Flon greenstone belt – Precambrian greenstone belt (rock formation) in Canada
Garibaldi Volcanic Belt
Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province – Geologic province in the Pacific Northwest of North America
Pemberton Volcanic Belt
Winnipegosis Komatiite Belt

External links

Erica A. Massey: A Comparative Study of Glaciovolcanic Palagonitization of Tholeitic and Alkaline Sideromelane in Helgafell, Icland, and Wells Gray-Clearwater Volcanic Filed, BC, Canada. B.Sc., The University of British Columbia, 2014

Volcanic fields

Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field – Volcanic field in British Columbia, Canada
Buffalo Head Hills kimberlite field
Birch Mountains kimberlite field

See also

References

Volcanoes of Canada

Volcanology of Canada
Western Canada	Alert Bay Volcanic Belt Anahim Volcanic Belt Satah Mountain volcanic field Bird River greenstone belt Bridge River Ash Chilcotin Group Circum-Superior Belt Winnipegosis komatiite belt Coast Range Arc Crowsnest Formation Ecstall Greenstone Belt Explorer Ridge Magic Mountain Flin Flon greenstone belt Fort à la Corne kimberlite field Gambier Group Garibaldi Volcanic Belt (Bridge River Cones Cheakamus Valley basalts Garibaldi Lake volcanic field Mount Cayley volcanic field Squamish volcanic field) Insular Belt Intermontane Belt Juan de Fuca Ridge Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents Karmutsen Formation Kodiak–Bowie Seamount chain Mackenzie Large Igneous Province Mackenzie dike swarm Metchosin Igneous Complex Milbanke Sound Group Northern Alberta kimberlite province Birch Mountains kimberlite field Buffalo Head Hills kimberlite field Mountain Lake cluster Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province Atlin Volcanic Field Iskut volcanic field Tuya volcanic field Omineca Arc Pemberton Volcanic Belt Chilliwack batholith Salal Creek Pluton Spences Bridge Group Takla Group Taltson Magmatic Zone Uchi Subprovince Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field Winagami sill complex Wrangellia Terrane
Northern Canada	Bravo Lake Formation Cameron River Volcanic Belt Carmacks Group Churchill kimberlite field Circum-Superior Belt Coast Range Arc Franklin Large Igneous Province Franklin dike swarm Natkusiak flood basalts Gahcho Kué kimberlite pipes Great Bear Magmatic Zone Great Meteor hotspot track High Arctic Large Igneous Province Alpha Ridge Ellesmere Island Volcanics Strand Fiord Formation Hope Bay greenstone belt Lac de Gras kimberlite field Mackenzie Large Igneous Province Bear River dikes Coppermine River Group Ekalulia Formation Mackenzie dike swarm Muskox intrusion Nauyat Formation Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province Fort Selkirk volcanic field Omineca Arc Sverdrup Basin Magmatic Province Taltson Magmatic Zone Yellowknife greenstone belt
Eastern Canada	Abitibi greenstone belt Attawapiskat kimberlite field Basalt Headlands Black Bay Peninsula Cape Split Chambers-Strathy Batholith Circum-Superior Belt Coastal Volcanic Belt Coldwell Complex Digby Neck Great Meteor hotspot track Kirkland Lake kimberlite field Lake Timiskaming kimberlite field Monteregian Hills Grenville dike swarm Hunt River greenstone belt Iceland Lake Pluton Kanichee layered intrusive complex Lac des Îles igneous complex Long Range dikes Mackenzie Large Igneous Province Mackenzie dike swarm Mamainse Point Formation Marathon Large Igneous Province Matachewan dike swarm Mistassini dike swarm Newfoundland Ridge Nipissing sills North Mountain Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt Red Lake greenstone belt Spawning Lake Stock Sudbury dike swarm Swayze greenstone belt Temagami Greenstone Belt Tulks Volcanic Belt Ungava magmatic event
Topics	Anahim hotspot Bowie hotspot Chasm Provincial Park Garibaldi Provincial Park Interagency Volcanic Event Notification Plan Itcha Ilgachuz Provincial Park Lava Forks Provincial Park List of Northern Cordilleran volcanoes List of volcanoes in Canada Mackenzie hotspot Matachewan hotspot Mount Edziza Provincial Park and Recreation Area New England hotspot Neys Provincial Park Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park Porphyry Island Provincial Park Tuya Mountains Provincial Park Volcanic history of the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province Wells Gray Provincial Park Catherine Hickson Bill Mathews Jack Souther

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