3-882: The Tuya volcanic field is a volcanic field of tuyas located in far northern British Columbia , Canada, near the border with the Yukon Territory and focused on the area of the Tuya Range , a subrange of the Stikine Ranges of the Cassiar Mountains , though some vents are in the Kawdy Plateau , the northernmost part of the Stikine Plateau . Several small shield volcanoes , and postglacial lapilli cones and lava flows have been reported in this area. The only nonglacial volcanoes in
6-755: A "field" is not well-defined. Volcanic fields usually consist of clusters of up to 100 volcanoes such as cinder cones . Lava flows may also occur. They may occur as a monogenetic volcanic field or a polygenetic volcanic field . Alexander von Humboldt observed in 1823 that geologically young volcanoes are not distributed uniformly across the Earth's surface, but tend to be clustered into specific regions. Young volcanoes are rarely found within cratons , but are characteristic of subduction zones, rift zones , or in ocean basins. Intraplate volcanoes are clustered along hotspot traces. Within regions of volcanic activity, volcanic fields are clusters of volcanoes that share
9-546: The field are Gabrielse Cone and the West Tuya lava field. Volcanoes within the field include: This article about a location in the Interior of British Columbia , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Volcanic field A volcanic field or crater row is an area of Earth 's crust that is prone to localized volcanic activity. The type and number of volcanoes required to be called
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