Bracciano volcanic complex

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The Bracciano volcanic complex is an ancient volcanic system in central Italy whose eruptions shaped the surrounding landscape, including the basin now occupied by Lake Bracciano.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf volcanic complex
volcanic field
composition ignimbrites
lava flows
pyroclastic deposits
country Italy
eruptionStyle effusive eruptions
explosive eruptions
eruptiveProducts maar structures
scoria cones
tuff rings
widespread ash-fall deposits
formed Lake Bracciano basin
formedBy repeated volcanic eruptions
geologicalAge Quaternary
geologicalFeatureOf Lake Bracciano
geologicalProcess caldera-related subsidence
hasPart Lake Bracciano
surface form: Lake Bracciano basin
hasRockType alkaline volcanic rocks
phonolites
tephrites
trachytes
influenced local geomorphology
local hydrogeology
locatedIn Bracciano area
Lazio
central Italy
locatedNear Rome
near Lake Bracciano
surface form: Bracciano

Lake Bracciano
overlies sedimentary basement of Lazio region
partOf Roman Comagmatic Region
Roman Magmatic Province
region Italian Peninsula
researchField Quaternary geology
geomorphology
volcanology
shaped surrounding landscape of Lake Bracciano
significance controls morphology of Lake Bracciano basin
important for reconstruction of Quaternary volcanism in central Italy
status extinct volcanic system
tectonicSetting Tyrrhenian Sea volcanic province
surface form: Tyrrhenian margin

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Lake Bracciano formedIn Bracciano volcanic complex
Lake Nemi partOf Bracciano volcanic complex
this entity surface form: Alban volcanic complex
Apennine volcanic arc contains Bracciano volcanic complex
this entity surface form: Vico volcanic complex
Apennine volcanic arc contains Bracciano volcanic complex
this entity surface form: Sabatini volcanic district