Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes

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volcanic arc volcanic belt

The Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes is a major Andean volcanic belt in Colombia and Ecuador characterized by active stratovolcanoes and frequent explosive eruptions driven by subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath South America.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Northern Volcanic Zone	0	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	volcanic arc → volcanic belt →
characterizedBy	active stratovolcanoes → frequent explosive eruptions →
containsVolcano	Antisana → Cayambe → Chimborazo → Cotopaxi (volcano) → surface form: Cotopaxi Doña Juana → El Altar → Galeras → Nevado de Santa Isabel → Nevado del Tolima → surface form: Nevado de Tolima Nevado del Huila volcano → surface form: Nevado del Huila Nevado del Ruiz → Nevado del Ruiz → surface form: Nevado del Ruiz volcanic complex Pichincha → Puracé → Reventador → Sangay → Tungurahua →
country	Colombia → Ecuador →
drivenBy	subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate →
eruptionStyle	Plinian eruptions → sub-Plinian eruptions →
formsPartOf	Pacific Ring of Fire →
geologicalAge	Cenozoic →
geologicalPeriod	Quaternary →
geologicalProcess	subduction-related magmatism →
hasActiveVolcanoes	true →
hazardType	ash fall → lahars → pyroclastic flows →
locatedIn	Andes → Colombia → Ecuador →
magmaComposition	andesitic → dacitic →
orogeny	Andean orogeny →
overridingPlate	South American Plate →
partOf	Andean Volcanic Belt →
region	Eastern Cordillera of the Andes → surface form: Northern Andes
subductionOf	Nazca Plate →
tectonicSetting	subduction zone →
volcanicActivityType	explosive →
volcanismType	calc-alkaline volcanism →
volcanoTypeDominant	stratovolcano →

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andean subduction system → associatedWith → Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes →

Nazca Plate → associatedWithVolcanicProvince → Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes →

Cordillera Occidental → volcanicArc → Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes →

subject surface form: Cordillera Occidental (Ecuador)

Chimborazo → volcanicArcOrBelt → Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes →

this entity surface form: Northern Volcanic Zone