Volcanic Plateau - Pyroclastic Plateau

Pyroclastic Plateau

Pyroclastic volcanic plateaus are produced by massive pyroclastic flows and they are underlain by pyroclastic rocks: agglomerates, tephra, volcanic ashes cemented into tuffs, mafic or felsic.

Examples include Shirasu-Daichi, which covers almost all of Southern Kyūshū, Japan, and the North Island Volcanic Plateau in New Zealand.

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