Sheep Track Pumice
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Sheep Track Pumice or Sheep Track Member by Canadian volcanologist Jack Souther
, is the name for a pumice
deposit in northern British Columbia
, Canada
. It lies in the Snowshoe Lava Field
and is thought to have formed in the Holocene
period.
Jack Souther
Jack Souther is an Bancroft Award winning American-Canadian volcanologist of the Geological Survey of Canada. He is a leading authority on geothermal resources and volcanism in the Canadian Cordillera. Souther has long been in demand as a professor to lay audiences because of his ability to give...
, is the name for a pumice
Pumice
Pumice is a textural term for a volcanic rock that is a solidified frothy lava typically created when super-heated, highly pressurized rock is violently ejected from a volcano. It can be formed when lava and water are mixed. This unusual formation is due to the simultaneous actions of rapid...
deposit in northern British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It lies in the Snowshoe Lava Field
Snowshoe lava field
The Snowshoe Lava Field is a volcanic field associated with the Mount Edziza volcanic complex in northern British Columbia, Canada. It is on the southern end of the Big Raven Plateau and is an area of young lava flows.-Volcanoes:...
and is thought to have formed in the Holocene
Holocene
The Holocene is a geological epoch which began at the end of the Pleistocene and continues to the present. The Holocene is part of the Quaternary period. Its name comes from the Greek words and , meaning "entirely recent"...
period.