Navajo Volcanic Field
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The Navajo Volcanic Field is a geologic region on the Colorado Plateau characterized by numerous volcanic necks, diatremes, and other erosional remnants of ancient volcanic activity.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colorado Plateau volcanic field | 1 |
| Navajo Volcanic Field canonical | 1 |
| Navajo volcanic field | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6153633 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Navajo Volcanic Field Context triple: [Shiprock, partOf, Navajo Volcanic Field]
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A.
Taos Plateau volcanic field
The Taos Plateau volcanic field is an extensive volcanic region in northern New Mexico characterized by numerous basaltic lava flows, cinder cones, and volcanic features that form part of the southern Rocky Mountains landscape.
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B.
Coso volcanic field
The Coso volcanic field is a geologically active volcanic area in eastern California known for its young lava flows, geothermal activity, and frequent small earthquakes.
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C.
Monts Dore volcanic field
The Monts Dore volcanic field is a large, ancient volcanic massif in France’s Massif Central, characterized by eroded stratovolcanoes, domes, and glacially carved terrain.
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D.
Valles Caldera
Valles Caldera is a large volcanic caldera in northern New Mexico known for its expansive grassland valleys, geothermal features, and rich geological and ecological significance.
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E.
Garibaldi Lake volcanic field
Garibaldi Lake volcanic field is a volcanic region in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, known for its stratovolcanoes, lava domes, and extensive Pleistocene to Holocene volcanic activity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Navajo Volcanic Field Target entity description: The Navajo Volcanic Field is a geologic region on the Colorado Plateau characterized by numerous volcanic necks, diatremes, and other erosional remnants of ancient volcanic activity.
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A.
Taos Plateau volcanic field
The Taos Plateau volcanic field is an extensive volcanic region in northern New Mexico characterized by numerous basaltic lava flows, cinder cones, and volcanic features that form part of the southern Rocky Mountains landscape.
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B.
Coso volcanic field
The Coso volcanic field is a geologically active volcanic area in eastern California known for its young lava flows, geothermal activity, and frequent small earthquakes.
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C.
Monts Dore volcanic field
The Monts Dore volcanic field is a large, ancient volcanic massif in France’s Massif Central, characterized by eroded stratovolcanoes, domes, and glacially carved terrain.
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D.
Valles Caldera
Valles Caldera is a large volcanic caldera in northern New Mexico known for its expansive grassland valleys, geothermal features, and rich geological and ecological significance.
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E.
Garibaldi Lake volcanic field
Garibaldi Lake volcanic field is a volcanic region in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, known for its stratovolcanoes, lava domes, and extensive Pleistocene to Holocene volcanic activity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geologic region
ⓘ
volcanic field ⓘ |
| ageRange | approximately 28–19 million years old ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Colorado Plateau uplift ⓘ |
| contains |
breccia pipe
ⓘ
diatreme ⓘ dike ⓘ maar ⓘ sill ⓘ volcanic neck ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| erosionalState | deeply eroded ⓘ |
| eruptiveStyle |
explosive
ⓘ
phreatomagmatic ⓘ |
| exposes | volcanic plumbing systems ⓘ |
| geologicalAge |
Miocene
ⓘ
Oligocene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGeomorphology | isolated volcanic necks rising above plateau ⓘ |
| isFamousFor |
abundant diatremes and breccia pipes
ⓘ
prominent volcanic neck Shiprock ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arizona
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colorado ⓘ Colorado Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ Southwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Utah ⓘ |
| magmaComposition |
potassic
ⓘ
ultrapotassic ⓘ |
| magmaSource | mantle-derived ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Navajo Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
Agathla Peak
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carrizo Mountains intrusions NERFINISHED ⓘ Cerro de Cristo Rey NERFINISHED ⓘ El Capitan (Arizona) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mitten Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ Shiprock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oldestActivityApproximateAge | about 28 million years ago ⓘ |
| overlies | sedimentary rocks of the Colorado Plateau ⓘ |
| partOf | Colorado Plateau volcanic province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchUse |
study of carbonatite magmatism
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study of diatreme formation ⓘ study of mantle-derived magmas ⓘ |
| rockType |
alkalic igneous rock
ⓘ
carbonatite ⓘ lamprophyre ⓘ minette ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting |
Colorado Plateau interior
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
intraplate ⓘ |
| youngestActivityApproximateAge | about 19 million years ago ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Navajo Volcanic Field Description of subject: The Navajo Volcanic Field is a geologic region on the Colorado Plateau characterized by numerous volcanic necks, diatremes, and other erosional remnants of ancient volcanic activity.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Shiprock
this entity surface form:
Navajo volcanic field
this entity surface form:
Colorado Plateau volcanic field