Okareka Embayment

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Okareka Embayment is a volcanic landform within New Zealand’s Okataina Volcanic Centre, characterized by its collapsed basin structure formed by past eruptive and tectonic activity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf collapse basin
volcanic embayment
volcanic landform
associatedWith caldera collapse processes
explosive silicic volcanism
country New Zealand
formedBy faulting
ground subsidence
past eruptive activity
formedDuring Quaternary
geologicalSetting continental back-arc rift
hasFeature infilled volcanic basin
steep embayment margins
hasGeologicalOrigin tectonic activity
volcanic activity
hasMorphology collapsed basin structure
hasProcess caldera margin subsidence
ring-fault controlled deformation
hasRockType ignimbrite
rhyolite
isExampleOf collapse-related volcanic depression
embayment on caldera margin
locatedIn New Zealand NERFINISHED
North Island
Okataina Volcanic Centre NERFINISHED
Taupo Volcanic Zone NERFINISHED
near Lake Okareka NERFINISHED
Rotorua NERFINISHED
partOf Okataina caldera system NERFINISHED
region Bay of Plenty Region NERFINISHED
tectonicSetting Taupo Rift NERFINISHED
volcanicCentre Okataina Volcanic Centre NERFINISHED
volcanicProvince Taupo Volcanic Zone NERFINISHED

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Okataina Volcanic Centre hasSubfeature Okareka Embayment