A volcanic field is an area of the Earth's crust that is prone to localized volcanic activity. They usually contain 10 to 100 volcanoes, such as cinder cones and are usually in clusters. Lava flows may also occur. They may occur as a monogenetic volcanic field or a polygenetic volcanic field.
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“Pity the planet, all joy gone
from this sweet volcanic cone;”
—Robert Lowell (19171977)
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Across a dazzling field of snow,
And there is nothing in me that resists.
Once it would not be so....”
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