1222 Syrian volcanic eruption
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In 1222, a volcanic eruption took place in a volcanic field in northern Syria near Killis, Turkey. The volcano probably formed because of a regional graben. The Volcano is Andesitic-Basaltic in composition.
The eruption was a VEI 0 that produced lava flows sometime in 1222 AD.
Fields that are of Miocene-Quaternary in age are located in nearby Turkey.
Siebert, Lee; Simkin, Tom; Kimberly, Paul (2011). Volcanoes of the World (3rd ed.). University of California Press. ISBN 9780520947931.
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