South Tuya Explained

South Tuya
Elevation M:1850
Location:British Columbia, Canada
District:Cassiar Land District
Range:Tuya Range
Coordinates:59.2086°N -130.5053°W
Type:Tuya
Age:Pleistocene
Last Eruption:Pleistocene

South Tuya, also called Southern Tuya, is a tuya clustered around Tuya Lake in the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province in British Columbia, Canada. The base of South Tuya comprises hyaloclastite and pillow lava indicating that the volcano formed beneath a large lake or beneath ice.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. James G. Moore . Catherine J. Hickson . Lewis C. Calk . 1995-12-10 . 10.1029/95JB02509. Tholeiitic-alkalic transition at subglacial volcanoes, Tuya region, British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 100 . B12 . 24577–24592 . 1995JGR...10024577M .