Table 1: Physical characteristics of selected basaltic volcanic fields
| Volcanic field | Basaltic vents | Silicic vents and vent complexes | Area km2 | Age range Ma | lt
vents/yr |
Data Sources |
| Eifel Volcanic Field, Germany | 323 | 7 phonolite centers | 1000 | 0.7-0.01 | 5 x 10-4 | Schminke, et al., 1983, in: Plateau Uplift, K. Fuchs, ed., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 139-150. |
| Camargo, Mexico | 308 | 0 | 2500 | 4.5-1.6 | 1 x 10-4 | Luhr et al., 1997, Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Un., 78: F843. |
| TransMexican Volcanic Belt, Mexico | 1096 | 120 shields and stratovolcanoes | 40000 | 3.5-0 | 3 x 10-4 | Hasenaka and Carmichael, 1987, J. Petrol., 28:241-269; Connor, 1990, J. Geophys. Res. 95: 19,395-19,405. |
| Kluycheskoy Group, Russia | 300 | 12 composite
volcanoes |
2500 | Quaternary | 2 x 10-4 | Fedotov et al., 1991, in: Active Volcanoes of Kamchatka, S.A. Fedotov and Yu. P. Masurenkow, ed., Nauka Press: 275-279. |
| Springerville, AZ, USA (Figure 1) | 409 | 0 | 3000 | 2.1-0.3 | 2 x 10-4 | Condit and Connor, 1996, Geol. Soc. Am., Bull. 108:1,225-1,241. |
| San Francisco, AZ, USA (Figure 8) | 606 | 8 large dome complexes | 5000 | 5.6-0 | 1 x 10-4 | Tanaka et al.,1986, Geol. Soc. Am., Bull. 97: 129-141; Conway et al. ,1998, Geol., 26: 655-658. |
| Coso, CA, USA | 54 | 38 small domes | 1200 | 2.0-0 | 3 x 10-5 | Duffield et al., 1980, J. Geophys. Res.85: 2,381-2,404; Bacon, 1982, Geol., 10: 65-69. |
| Pancake, NV, USA
(Figure 6) |
75 | 0 | 2500 | 6-0.3 | 1 x 10-5 | Foland and Bergman, 1992, Third Intl. Conf. High-Level Radioactive Waste Manage. Am. Nucl. Soc., 2,366-2,371; Scott and Trask, 1971, U.S. Geol. Sur. Prof. Pap. 599-I. 22pp. |
| Big Pine, CA, USA (Figure 7) | 24 | 1 small dome | 500 | 1.2-0.1 | 2 x 10-5 | Omerod et al., 1991, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 108: 305-317; Turrin and Gillespe, 1986, Geol. Soc. Am., Abs. With Prog.18(6): 414. |
| Cima, CA, USA (Figure 3) | 70 | 0 | 150 | 4.5-0.01 | 8 x 10-5 | Dohrenwend et al., 1986, Geol. Soc. Am., Bull. 97: 421-427; Turrin et al., 1985, Isochron/West 44: 9-16. |
| Yucca Mountain, NV, USA (Figure 2) | 30 | 0 | 1200 | 3.4-0.1 | 1 x 10-5 | Connor and Hill, J. Geophys. Res., 100: 10,107- 10,125. |