Maquinna (volcano)
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| Maquinna | |
|---|---|
| Summit depth | 2,500 m (8,202 ft) |
| Height | ~30 m (98 ft) |
| Location | 16-18 kilometers west of Vancouver Island |
| Country | Canada |
| Type | Mud volcano |
| Age of rock | Holocene |
| Last eruption | Holocene (active) |
Maquinna is an active submarine mud volcano off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, located 16-18 kilometers west of Vancouver Island. It rises approximately 30 m (98 ft) above the mean level of the northeastern Pacific Ocean and lies directly along the southern expression of the left laterial, strike slip Nootka Fault.
[edit] Geology
Maquinna is one of the few mud volcanoes documented in the northeast Pacific. It is 1.5 kilometers across, contains a breached caldera and two small summit craters.[1]
Scientific studies of Maquinna showed strong, co-registered thermal, particulate, and unusual oxygen that extend 50 m (164 ft) up into the overlying water column. This data suggests the volcano is actively venting warm hydrothermal fluids.[1]
The formation of Maquinna is thought to be high sediment accumulation and horizontal tectonic compression associated with accretionary prism formation adjacent to the west coast of Vancouver Island supporting overpressuring of fluids at depth along the Nootka Fault zone, resulting the formation of Maquinna.[1]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001AGUFMOS12B0428R Discovery of an Active Submarine Mud Volcano Along the Nootka Fault West of Vancouver Island, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2001
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