Pemberton Volcanic Belt

Pemberton Volcanic Belt

The Pemberton Volcanic Belt is an eroded Miocene volcanic belt at a low angle near Mount Meager, British Columbia, Canada. The Garibaldi and Pemberton volcanic belts appear to merge into a single belt, although the Pemberton is older then the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt. The Silverthrone Caldera, a dissected caldera complex farther to the northwest, was episodically active during both Pemberton and Garibaldi stages of volcanism. The belt is one of the northern extensions of the Cascade Volcanic Arc. It formed as a result of subduction of the Explorer Plate to its west, which is a remnant of the much larger Farallon Plate.

Volcanoes

The volcanoes within the belt include:
*Silverthrone Caldera
**Mount Silverthrone
**Machmel River Cone
*Franklin Glacier Volcano

ee also

* Garibaldi Volcanic Belt
* Geology of the Pacific Northwest
* Cascade Volcanoes
* Volcanism in Canada
* Mount Meager

References

* [http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Canada/description_canadian_volcanics.html Canada Volcanoes and Volcanics USGS]


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