Bennett Lake Volcanic Complex
The Bennett Lake Volcanic Complex (BLVC) is a huge 50-million-year-old extinct caldera complex that spans across the British Columbia-Yukon border in Canada. It is located near the western end of the West Arm of Bennett Lake. The caldera complex is surrounded by granitic rocks containing pendants.
| Bennett Lake Volcanic Complex | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Location | British Columbia/Yukon, Canada |
| Parent range | Boundary Ranges, Coast Mountains |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | 50 million years |
| Mountain type | Caldera |
| Last eruption | Eocene |
It is located near the eastern contact of the Coast Plutonic Complex and the Whitehorse Trough. There are thick series of pyroclastic and epiclastic rocks at the caldera. Remnants of this huge caldera complex are preserved near Bennett Lake in the Coast Mountains. The complex compose the Skukum Group.
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