Volcanism of Western Canada
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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.
Volcanic belts
- {{annotated link|Anahim Volcanic Belt}}
- {{annotated link|Alert Bay Volcanic Belt}}
- {{annotated link|Bird River greenstone belt}}
- {{annotated link|Chilcotin Group}}
- {{annotated link|Flin Flon greenstone belt}}
- {{annotated link|Garibaldi Volcanic Belt}}
- {{annotated link|Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province}}
- {{annotated link|Pemberton Volcanic Belt}}
- {{annotated link|Winnipegosis komatiite belt|Winnipegosis Komatiite Belt}}
External links
- [https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0347288 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
- {{annotated link|Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field}}
- {{annotated link|Buffalo Head Hills kimberlite field}}
- {{annotated link|Birch Mountains kimberlite field}}
See also
- {{annotated link|Volcanism of Canada}}
- {{annotated link|Volcanism of Eastern Canada}}
- {{annotated link|Volcanism of Northern Canada}}
- {{annotated link|List of volcanoes in Canada}}