{{Short description|Canadian volcanic group in the Yukon}} The '''Carmacks Group''' is a Late Cretaceous volcanic group in southwest-central Yukon, Canada, located between the communities of Dawson City and Whitehorse. It consists of flood basalts, coarse volcaniclastic rocks and sandy tuffs interbedded with subordinate andesite and basaltic lava flows.<ref name="VB">{{cite journal|title=Yellowstone in Yukon: The Late Cretaceous Carmacks Group|last1=Johnson|first1=Stehen T.|last2=Wynne|first2=P. Jane|last3=Hart|first3=Craig J. R.|last4=Enkin|first4=Randolph J.|last5=Engebretson|first5=David C.|journal=Geology (Boulder)|publisher=Geological Society of America|volume=24|page=998|year=1996|issue=11|doi=10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0997:YIYTLC>2.3.CO;2|bibcode=1996Geo....24..997J|issn=0091-7613}}</ref> It has been interpreted to be a displaced portion of the Yellowstone hotspot track that was formed 70&nbsp;million years ago.<ref name="VB"/>

==See also== *Volcanism of Northern Canada

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Category:Hotspot volcanism Category:Volcanism of Yukon Category:Cretaceous volcanism Category:Andesite groups Category:Flood basalts Category:Yellowstone hotspot Category:Cretaceous Yukon Category:Basalt groups Category:Geologic groups of Yukon

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