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Monogenetic QT vents of WWVF description and information

MONOGENETIC QT VENTS OF WWVF LINKS

SAMPLES
LOCATION
FACTS
Type:Cinder cones and other eruptive centers
Most Recent Activity:
Seismically Monitored: No
Elevation: 7769 ft (2368 m)
Latitude: 62.137° N
Longitude:143.165° W
Quadrangle:Nabesna
CAVW Number:
Associated Features:West Cone
East Cone
Jaeger Mesa
Nearby towns:Chisana 37 mi (59 km) SE
Slana 47 mi (75 km) NW
McCarthy 49 mi (79 km) SE
Chistochina 56 mi (91 km) NW
Anchorage 230 mi (370 km) SW
DESCRIPTION
The Monogenetic QT vents of the WWVF (Western Wrangell Volcanic Field) were named the "interior mesas" by Preece (1997) [1] and Lunt (1997) [2]. Lunt describes the vents as a linear array of cinder cones and small eruptive centers within the western Wrangell volcanic field. The region is topographically subdued between the front and back side volcanic chains of the Wrangell Volcanic Field. Volcanic features include (but are not limited to), West Cone, East Cone, Cone Ridge, and Jaeger Mesa. Vents appear to be Pleistocene to late Tertiary in age.
REFERENCES CITED
[1]
Geochemical variation in the less than 5 Ma Wrangell Volcanic Field, Alaska, with an emphasis on the Skookum Creek volcanic complex, 1997
Preece, S. J., 1997, Geochemical variation in the less than 5 Ma Wrangell Volcanic Field, Alaska, with an emphasis on the Skookum Creek volcanic complex: Miami University (Ohio) unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, 547 p.

[2]
A reconnaissance study of mafic to intermediate intra-arc volcanism in the western Wrangell Volcanic Field, Alaska, 1997
Lunt, A.S., 1997, A reconnaissance study of mafic to intermediate intra-arc volcanism in the western Wrangell Volcanic Field, Alaska: Miami University Ph.D., 150 p.

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