Global Volcanism Program

Dgida Basin

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Russia
Kamchatka and Mainland Asia
Pyroclastic cone(s)
Pleistocene

Country
Volcanic Region
Primary Volcano Type
Last Known Eruption

50.52°N
103.25°E
1500 m
4920 ft
302800

Latitude
Longitude
Summit
Elevation
Volcano
Number

The Global Volcanism Program has no activity reports for Dgida Basin.

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This compilation of synonyms and subsidiary features may not be comprehensive. Features are organized into four major categories: Cones, Craters, Domes, and Thermal Features. Synonyms of features appear indented below the primary name. In some cases additional feature type, elevation, or location details are provided.

Synonyms

Dzhida Basin

Cones

Feature Name

Feature Type

Elevation

Latitude

Longitude

Bartoi Group

Pyroclastic cone

Barun Khobol

Stratovolcano

Khurai-Tsakir

Pyroclastic cone

Levyi Barun-Khobol

Pyroclastic cone

Vershinnyi Barun-Khobol

Pyroclastic cone

Basic Data

Volcano Number

Last Known Eruption

Elevation

Latitude
Longitude

302800

Pleistocene

1500 m / 4920 ft

50.52°N
103.25°E

Volcano Types

Pyroclastic cone(s)

Tectonic Setting

Rift zone
Continental crust (> 25 km)

Geological Summary

The Dgida Basin volcanic field, also known as the Dzhida Basin, is located south of the SW tip of Lake Baikal, near the border with Mongolia. One of a series of approximately E-W-trending depressions, the Dgida Basin contains Quaternary lava flows and cinder cones ranging from 55 to 240 m in height. At least two stages of volcanism are present, the first of which includes lava flows overlying the 20 m terrace of the Dgida, Darkhintuy, and Khammey rivers. In the Darkhintuy valley the lava flows are overlain by gravels, which are in turn overlaid by lava flows from the Bartoy valley. Earlier Pleistocene-to-Holocene estimates of the age of the Dgida Basin volcanism (summarized in Whitford Stark, 1987) were modified by later age-dating by Rasskazov et al. (1996), who indicated that the final stage of activity in the basin took place during the early to mid-Pleistocene.

References

The following references have all been used during the compilation of data for this volcano, it is not a comprehensive bibliography.

IAVCEI, 1973-80. Post-Miocene Volcanoes of the World. IAVCEI Data Sheets, Rome: Internatl Assoc Volc Chemistry Earth's Interior.

Rasskazov S V, 1994. Magmatism related to the eastern Siberia Rift system and the geodynamics. Bull Centres Rech Explor-Prod Elf Aquitaine, 18(2): 437-452.

Rasskazov S V, Kunk M J, Luhr J F, Bowring S A, Brandt I S, Brandt S B, Ivanov A V, 1996. Episodes of eruptions and composition variations of the Quaternary lavas in the Baikal Rift System (Ar-Ar and K-Ar dating of volcanism in the Dzhida River area). Russian Geol Geophys, 37(6): 1-12.

Whitford-Stark J L, 1987. A survey of Cenozoic volcanism on mainland Asia. Geol Soc Amer Spec Pap, 213: 1-74.

Eruptive History

The Global Volcanism Program is not aware of any Holocene eruptions from Dgida Basin. If this volcano has had large eruptions (VEI >= 4) prior to 10,000 years ago, information might be found on the Dgida Basin page in the LaMEVE (Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions) database, a part of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA).

Deformation History

There is no Deformation History data available for Dgida Basin.

Emission History

There is no Emissions History data available for Dgida Basin.

The Global Volcanism Program has no photographs available for Dgida Basin.

Smithsonian Sample Collections Database

There are no samples for Dgida Basin in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.

Affiliated Sites

WOVOdat
   Single Volcano View
   Temporal Evolution of Unrest
   Side by Side Volcanoes

WOVOdat is a database of volcanic unrest; instrumentally and visually recorded changes in seismicity, ground deformation, gas emission, and other parameters from their normal baselines. It is sponsored by the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (WOVO) and presently hosted at the Earth Observatory of Singapore.

Large Eruptions of Dgida Basin

Information about large Quaternary eruptions (VEI >= 4) is cataloged in the Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions (LaMEVE) database of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA).

EarthChem

EarthChem develops and maintains databases, software, and services that support the preservation, discovery, access and analysis of geochemical data, and facilitate their integration with the broad array of other available earth science parameters. EarthChem is operated by a joint team of disciplinary scientists, data scientists, data managers and information technology developers who are part of the NSF-funded data facility Integrated Earth Data Applications (IEDA). IEDA is a collaborative effort of EarthChem and the Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS).