Ile des Cendres

Ile des Cendres (Vietnamese: Hòn Tro, also known as Veteran)^[1] is a group of submarine volcanoes located off the southeast coast of Vietnam, 100 kilometres (62 mi) southeast of Phan Thiết.^[2] 1–1.2 kilometres (0.62–0.75 mi) wide and 60–70 metres (200–230 ft) high volcanoes are characteristic for this volcanic group.^[3]

Ile des Cendres
Summit depth	20 m (66 ft)
Location
Coordinates	10.158°N 109.014°E / 10.158; 109.014
Country	Vietnam
Geology
Type	Submarine volcanoes
Age of rock	Historical
Last eruption	March to May 1923

The volcanism relates to a still ongoing regimen of crustal extension.^[4] Argon-argon dating has yielded ages of 800,000 years to 0 on olivine tholeiite;^[5] a recent eruption was recorded in 1923^[6] which formed land that was later removed again by the sea.^[7] A past eruption in 608 AD might be recorded in the chronicles of the Sui dynasty,^[8] while future eruptions could cause tsunamis.^[9]

See also

• List of volcanoes in Vietnam

References

1. Terry, James P.; Winspear, Nigel; Goff, James; Tan, P. H. Hannah (2017-04-01). "Past and potential tsunami sources in the South China Sea: A brief synthesis". Earth-Science Reviews. 167: 47–61. Bibcode:2017ESRv..167...47T. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.02.007. ISSN 0012-8252.
2. Robequain, Charles (1942). "Notes morphologiques sur les plateaux moï de Pleiku et du Darlac (Sud-Annam)". Bulletin de l'Association de Géographes Français. 19 (144): 46–54. doi:10.3406/bagf.1942.7133.
3. Koloskov, A. V.; Fedorov, P. I.; Rashidov, V. A. (2016-03-01). "New data on the composition of products of quaternary volcanism at the northwestern margin of the South China Sea shelf zone and the problem of asthenospheric diapirism". Russian Journal of Pacific Geology. 10 (2): 79–104. Bibcode:2016RuJPG..10...79K. doi:10.1134/S1819714016020044. ISSN 1819-7159. S2CID 131367872.
4. Koszowska, Ewa; Wolska, Anna; Zuchiewicz, Witold; Cuong, Nguyen Quoc; Pécskay, Zoltan (15 January 2007). "Crustal contamination of Late Neogene basalts in the Dien Bien Phu Basin, NW Vietnam: Some insights from petrological and geochronological studies". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 29 (1): 1–17. Bibcode:2007JAESc..29....1K. doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2005.12.003. ISSN 1367-9120.
5. Mai, Hue Anh; Chan, Yu Lu; Yeh, Meng Wan; Lee, Tung Yi (1 April 2018). "Tectonic implications of Mesozoic magmatism to initiation of Cenozoic basin development within the passive South China Sea margin". International Journal of Earth Sciences. 107 (3): 1161. Bibcode:2018IJEaS.107.1153M. doi:10.1007/s00531-017-1537-y. ISSN 1437-3262. S2CID 134242626.
6. Robequain, Charles (1942). "Notes morphologiques sur les plateaux moï de Pleiku et du Darlac (Sud-Annam)". Bulletin de l'Association de Géographes Français. 19 (144): 46–54. doi:10.3406/bagf.1942.7133.
7. Blondel, F. (1 December 1928). "Le volcanisme récent de l'Indochine franÇaise". Bulletin Volcanologique (in Italian). 5 (1): 205–217. Bibcode:1928BVol....3..205B. doi:10.1007/BF02718565. ISSN 1432-0819. S2CID 130683083.
8. Khoo, T. T. (1993-01-01). "Was there a volcanic eruption off Vietnam in AD 608?". Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences. Seventh Regional Congress on Geology, Mineral and Energy Resources of Southeast Asia. 8 (1): 611–615. Bibcode:1993JAESc...8..611K. doi:10.1016/0743-9547(93)90059-X. ISSN 0743-9547.
9. Terry, James P.; Winspear, Nigel; Goff, James; Tan, P. H. Hannah (2017-04-01). "Past and potential tsunami sources in the South China Sea: A brief synthesis". Earth-Science Reviews. 167: 47–61. Bibcode:2017ESRv..167...47T. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.02.007. ISSN 0012-8252.

• "Ile des Cendres". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.