Garibaldi Lake Volcanic Field

Garibaldi Lake Volcanic Field

Infobox Mountain
Name=Garibaldi Lake Volcanic Field
Photo= MtGaribaldi-NorthFace-TheTable.jpg
Caption= The north face of Mount Garibaldi rises above The Table and Garibaldi Lake
Elevation=convert|2316|m|ft|0
Location=British Columbia, Canada
Range=Garibaldi Ranges
Prominence =
Coordinates = coord|49.92|N|123.03|W|type:mountain
Topographic

Type=Volcanic field
Age=Holocene
Last eruption=Unknown
First ascent=
Easiest route=

The Garibaldi Lake Volcanic Field is a volcanic field, located in British Columbia, Canada. It was formed by a group of nine small andesitic stratovolcanoes and basaltic-andesite vents in the scenic Garibaldi Lake area immediately north of Mount Garibaldi was formed during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene. The oldest stratovolcano, Black Tusk, formed between about 1.3 and 1.1 million years ago (Ma). Following glacial dissection, renewed volcanism produced the lava dome and flow forming it's summit. Other Pleistocene vents are located along and to the west of the Cheakamus River. Cinder Cone, to the east of Black Tusk, produced a 9-km-long lava flow during the late Pleistocene or early Holocene.

Mount Price, west of Garibaldi Lake, 5 km south of Black Tusk, was formed in three stages of activity, dating back 1.1 million years, the latest of which produced two large lava flows from Clinker Peak during the early Holocene that ponded against the retreating continential ice sheet and formed The Barrier, containing Garibaldi Lake.

The Table is a steep-sided andesite tuya, situated approximately 3 km southwest of Mount Price and south of Garibaldi Lake. It rises 305 meters above glaciated basement rocks. The tuya formed by effusion of flatlying flows within erratics on its summit and lack of erosional features attributable to glacial suggest that The Table was also formed during the early Holocene.

Mount Garibaldi is the largest volcano in the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt in southern British Columbia, and is one of the few Cascade volcanoes that is made exclusively of dacite (Glacier Peak is the other).

Round Mountain is an eroded volcanic outcrop, located 8 km southwest of Eanastick Meadows, 9 km east of Brackendale and 10 km south of Mount Garibaldi. It is the highpoint of Paul Ridge and last erupted during the Pleistocene.

Opal Cone is a cinder cone on the southeast flank of Mount Garibaldi. It is the sourse of a 15 km long broad dacite lava flow with prominent wrinkled ridges. The lava flow is unusually long for a silicic lava flow.re

Clinker Peak is a stratovolcano on the west shoulder of Mount Price on the west side of Garibaldi Lake. It has produced two large lava flows about 9,000 years ago.

Glacier Pikes is a lava dome with two rocky points at the southern end of the Sentinal Glacier Neve.

Mount Brew is a subglacial mound, which last erupted during the Pleistocene.

Hazards

Future eruptions within the region could indanger the municipalities of Whistler and Squamish. Even though no Plinian eruptions are recognized, even Pelean eruptions may possibly create large amounts of volcanic ash that will possibly affect these close by villages. Ash columns from the volcanoes might rise hundreds of metres and could make this a serious hazard for air traffic.

The unstable lava formation of The Barrier has in the past unleashed several debris flows in the area below the lake, most recently in 1855-56 forming a large boulder field which gives Rubble Creek its name. Concerns about the Barrier's instability due to volcanic, tectonic, or heavy rainfall activity prompted the provincial government to declare the area immediately below it unsafe for human habitation in 1981. This led to the evacuation of the nearby village of Garibaldi, and the relocation of residents to new recreational subdivisions away from the hazard zone. Should the Barrier completely collapse, Garibaldi Lake would be entirely released and downstream damage in the Cheakamus and Squamish Rivers would be considerable, including major damage to the town of Squamish and possibly an impact-wave on the waters of Howe Sound that would reach Vancouver Island.

ee also

*List of volcanoes in Canada
*Cascade Volcanic Arc
*Garibaldi Volcanic Belt
*Garibaldi Lake


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