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Mathews Tuya

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Mathews Tuya
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Interactive map of Mathews Tuya
Highest point
Elevation1,775 m (5,823 ft)
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Geography
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
DistrictCassiar Land District
Parent rangeTuya Range
Geology
Rock agePleistocene
Mountain typeSubglacial mound
Volcanic fieldTuya volcanic field
Last eruptionPleistocene

Mathews Tuya is a tuya in northcentral British Columbia.[1] It is one of the six tuyas close to Tuya Lake. It has been partly glaciated and Ar-Ar geochronology shows that is it about 730,000 years old. It mainly comprises palagonitized tephra (tuff, lapilli tuff, tuff breccia) but also has a few dykes and jointed lava flows on its flanks. The top still has flat-lying lava flows erupted after the tephra pile grew above the surface of the enclosing lake. The other volcanoes in the area include Tuya Butte, South Tuya and Ash Mountain. The volcanoes in the region form part of the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province.

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References

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Edwards, B. R., Russell, J. K. and Simpson, K. 2011. Volcanology and petrology of Mathews Tuya, northern British Columbia: glaciovolcanic constraints on interpretations of the 0.730 Ma Cordilleran paleoclimate. Bulletin of Volcanology. 73:479-496. DOI 10.1007/s00445-010-0418-z

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