Caribou Tuya
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| Caribou Tuya | |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1,770 metres (5,807 ft) |
| Location | British Columbia, Canada |
| Range | Tuya Range |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Type | Tuya |
| Volcanic arc/belt | Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province |
| Age of rock | Pleistocene |
| Last eruption | Pleistocene |
Caribou Tuya is a basaltic tuya in north-central British Columbia that began eruptive activity under glacial ice during the Fraser glaciation (25 to 10 ka). Like Ash Mountain and South Tuya, sections of the tuya reveal a consistent stratigraphic progression from pillow lavas to hyaloclastite deposits from the base upward. Locally the sections are capped by subaerial basaltic lava flows. Consequently, samples of the glassy pillow basalts and hyaloclastites along with crystalline basalt flows were collected at Caribou Tuya. The volcano is believed to have formed and last erupted during the Pleistocene period.[1]
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Location of Caribou Tuya in British Columbia
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