Volcanoes and Volcanic Hazards in Canada
A special issue of Geosciences (ISSN 2076-3263).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (18 February 2022)
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recent volcanism and volcanic hazards in Canada remain an understudied research topic. The last time a compendium of research on Canadian volcanism was published was in 1995 as part of the Decade of North America Geology (DNAG) compendium. Despite many volcanic centers, several of which are geographically extensive and chemically complex long-lived edifices (such as British Columbia’s Mount Edziza), Canadian volcanism is underrepresented in relation to the volume and breadth of magmatism evident in the Canadian rock record.
This Special Issue aims to bring together, summarize, and update research and records, extending back to the mid-1800s, on geologically recent volcanism in Canada’s Cordillera. The goal of this Special Issue is to assemble as broad a view as possible of Canadian volcanism spanning the Neogene to Quaternary periods, as manifested in the rock record of Western Canada. Papers are encouraged covering such topics as the geochemistry of the mantle, magma and eruption dynamics, geochemistry of magma, physical properties of volcanic rocks, hydrothermal processes, ice–magma interaction, and explosive and effusive volcanism, as well as descriptive papers presenting unpublished field studies. Additionally, papers from the fields of archeology, anthropology, and sociology, that can help put Canada’s volcanic and hazard history into a societal and cultural context, are especially welcome. Summary papers that draw together and update the research on Canada’s Quaternary volcanic belts as outlined in the Decade of North American Geology, published in 1991, are encouraged, as are papers that are relevant to volcanic hazards and geothermal energy.
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