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Westdahl reported activity

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Ingakslugwat Hills Nelson Island

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Event Name : Westdahl pre-glacial flows

Start: 180000 Years BP K-Ar

Lava flow: BibCard
Eruption Type:Effusive
Eruption Product: basalt BibCard
Othermafic

Description: From Wood and Kienle (1990): "A thick sequence of pre-glacial basalt lava flows comprises most of Westdahl volcano. Many of these lavas are too young to date by the whole-rock K-Ar method, but the lowest flow in one section yielded an age of 0.18 Ma."

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