Barrington Volcano

Barrington Volcano
	Snow eucalyptus forest near the summit of Mount Barrington
height	1550 m
location	Barrington Tops , New South Wales , Australia
Mountains	Great Dividing Range , Mount Royal Range
Coordinates	32 ° 2 '25 " S , 151 ° 24' 14" O Coordinates: 32 ° 2 '25 " S , 151 ° 24' 14" O
Type	Shield volcano
rock	basalt

The Barrington Volcano (German: Barrington volcano ) is located northeast of Muswellbrook near Mount Barrington . The volcano , which is located in Barrington Tops National Park , caused a 700 cubic kilometer basalt outflow that covered a large part of the Barrington Tops . The lava reached a thickness of up to 1000 meters. The volcano was active for 55 million years; its last eruption was 4 to 5 million years ago.

The extensive rainforest in this area grows on the many weathered red-brown soils. Gemstones like zircons , sapphires, and rubies were formed by the volcano. A vent from the extinct shield volcano is said to be located adjacent to Careys Peak . The area surrounding the volcano is covered with subalpine snow-eucalyptus forest areas, with rainforest at the end of the steep slopes and in the fire-free gullies.

Individual evidence

^ David Johnson: The Geology of Australia. 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2009, ISBN 978-0-521-76741-5 , p. 199, online on Googlebooks .
^ Paul Adam: New South Wales Rainforests. The Nomination for the World Heritage List. National Parks and Wildlife Service of NSW, Sydney 1987, ISBN 0-7305-2075-7 , p. 78.
^ Robert W. Johnson, Jan Knutson, Stuart R. Taylor (Eds.): Intraplate volcanism in eastern Australia and New Zealand. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 1989, ISBN 0-521-38083-9 , p. 123 .
↑ FL Sutherland, CM Fanning: Gem ‐ bearing basaltic volcanism, Barrington, New South Wales: Cenozoic evolution, based on basalt K – Ar ages and zircon fission track and U – Pb isotope dating. In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. Vol. 48, No. 2, 2001, pp. 221-237, doi : 10.1046 / j.1440-0952.2001.00851.x .

[1] David Johnson: The Geology of Australia. 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2009, ISBN 978-0-521-76741-5 , p. 199, online on Googlebooks .

[2] Paul Adam: New South Wales Rainforests. The Nomination for the World Heritage List. National Parks and Wildlife Service of NSW, Sydney 1987, ISBN 0-7305-2075-7 , p. 78.

[Intraplate_Volcanism-3] Robert W. Johnson, Jan Knutson, Stuart R. Taylor (Eds.): Intraplate volcanism in eastern Australia and New Zealand. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 1989, ISBN 0-521-38083-9 , p. 123 .

[Earth_Sciences-4] FL Sutherland, CM Fanning: Gem ‐ bearing basaltic volcanism, Barrington, New South Wales: Cenozoic evolution, based on basalt K – Ar ages and zircon fission track and U – Pb isotope dating. In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. Vol. 48, No. 2, 2001, pp. 221-237, doi : 10.1046 / j.1440-0952.2001.00851.x .