Volcanic group
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A volcanic group (or, equivalently, a volcanic complex) is a collection of related volcanoes or volcanic landforms. The term is also used in a different sense when it denotes a suite of associated rock strata largely of volcanic origin; see group (stratigraphy) for details.
Notable volcanic groupsEdit
See alsoEdit
- Complex volcano – A landform of more than one related volcanic centre
- Compton–Belkovich Thorium Anomaly
- Geomorphology – The scientific study of landforms and the processes that shape them
- Landforms – Feature of the solid surface of a planetary body
- Lists of volcanoes – A list of most of the volcanoes on Earth
- Types of volcanic eruptions – Basic mechanisms of eruption and variations
- Volcanic field – Area of the Earth's crust prone to localized volcanic activity