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Chaine des Puys

Volcanic Formations

The Chaine des Puys is a volcanic field about 40 kilometers long running north to south through France's Massif Central, made up of 48 cinder cones, eight lava domes and 15 maars and explosion craters. Its highest point, Puy de Dome, reaches 1,465 meters, and the chain's name comes from a regional French word for a rounded volcanic hill. The field was active from roughly 95,000 years ago until about 10,000 years ago, with its most recent eruption dated to around 4040 BC. In 2018 UNESCO recognized the Chaine des Puys, together with the Limagne fault, as a World Heritage Site for its clear evidence of continental rifting and plate tectonics, and although quiet for millennia, future volcanic activity there remains theoretically possible.

Facts
Classification
Protected Status
UNESCO World Heritage Site 1
Activity
Dormant 2
Connections

Associated With

Basalt, Materials
Source Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Global Volcanism Program record for Chaine des Puys

Caused By

Plate Tectonics, Processes
Source Chaîne des Puys (Wikipedia)
Rifting, Processes
Source Chaîne des Puys (Wikipedia)
Volcanism, Processes
Source Chaîne des Puys (Wikipedia)

In Discipline

Volcanology, Disciplines
Source Chaîne des Puys (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

France

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. Wikidata: Chaine des Puys
  • Wikidata Q1068630, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018
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2. Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Volcanoes of the World, Holocene volcanoes service
Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism ProgramVolcanoes of the World, volcano 210020
Quote, Volcanoes of the World, volcano 210020
"Volcano_Name": "Chaine des Puys" ... "Last_Eruption_Year": -4040
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Chaîne des Puys (Wikipedia)
  • Caused By: Volcanism, Lead, process Volcanism
    'Chain of the Puys') is a north-south oriented volcanic field, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) long, comprising 48 cinder cones, eight lava domes, and 15 maars and explosion craters, in the Massif Central of France.
  • Caused By: Rifting, Lead, process Rifting
    An outstanding example of plate tectonics in action and continental rifting, the Chaîne des Puys region became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018.
  • Caused By: Plate Tectonics, Lead, process Plate Tectonics
    An outstanding example of plate tectonics in action and continental rifting, the Chaîne des Puys region became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018.
  • In Discipline: Volcanology, Lead section (in-discipline Volcanology)
    The Chaîne des Puys (French: [ʃɛːn de pɥi]; lit. 'Chain of the Puys') is a north-south oriented volcanic field, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) long, comprising 48 cinder cones, eight lava domes, and 15 maars and explosion craters, in the Massif Central of France.
  • Caused By: Volcanism, Lead section (caused-by Volcanism)
    The Chaîne des Puys (French: [ʃɛːn de pɥi]; lit. 'Chain of the Puys') is a north-south oriented volcanic field, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) long, comprising 48 cinder cones, eight lava domes, and 15 maars and explosion craters, in the Massif Central of France.
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Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Global Volcanism Program record for Chaine des Puys
Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism ProgramAssociated With: Basalt, Major_Rock_Type field
Quote, Associated With: Basalt, Major_Rock_Type field
"Major_Rock_Type": "Basalt / Picro-Basalt"
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