Medan vulkanik

Medan vulkanik adalah area kerak bumi yang rentan terhadap aktivitas vulkanik lokal. Jenis dan jumlah gunung berapi yang dibutuhkan untuk disebut "medan" tidak terdefinisi dengan baik.^[1] Bidang vulkanik biasanya terdiri dari kelompok hingga 100 gunung berapi seperti kerucut bara. Aliran lahar juga dapat terjadi. Mereka dapat terjadi sebagai medan vulkanik monogenetik atau medan vulkanik poligenetik.

1. ^ Canon-Tapia, E (December 2017). "From 'Volcanic Field' to 'Volcanic Province': A Continuum of Spatial-Clustered Structures With Geological Significance or a Matter of Academic Snobbism?". American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2017, Abstract #V54A-01. 2017. Bibcode:2017AGUFM.V54A..01C. 'Volcanic Field' is a term commonly used to describe a group of small, monogenetic and dominantly basaltic volcanoes, but that often includes groups of mixed monogenetic and polygenetic edifices. Besides ambiguities on the type of edifice that should be considered to form a VF, there is a lack of agreement concerning the number of volcanoes required to define a VF (ranging from five to over 1000), it is uncertain if the area covered by the volcanoes forming a VF must have a minimum number of volcanoes/unit area, or if the distance between adjacent structures needs to have a specific length. Furthermore, in many cases it is uncertain whether some area is occupied by two adjacent fields or if it is occupied by two subgroups belonging to a unique field.