Mainland France's Forgotten Volcano; Bas-Vivarais

Within mainland France is an often forgotten volcano which one day is quite likely to erupt again. This volcano was documented by early humans who made a cave painting of an eruption they witnessed 36,000 years ago. Known as Bas-Vivarais, this currently dormant volcano is located in southeastern France and last erupted 15,000 years ago.

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Correction: The cave painting attribution is missing one bit of information. I wish to add that the cave painting image was taken by D. Genty (figure 3B in source [1] which I have listed below). The image is licensed under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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Sources/Citations:
[1] Nomade S, Genty D, Sasco R, Scao V, Féruglio V, Baffier D, et al. (2016) A 36,000-Year-Old Volcanic Eruption Depicted in the Chauvet-Pont d’Arc Cave (Ardèche, France)? PLoS ONE 11(1): e0146621. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone..... CC BY 4.0.
[2] Raynal, J.-P., Defive, E., Klee, N., Buso, R., & Laporte, D. (2023). A Tale of Old and Young Volcanoes in Monts d’Ardèche UNESCO Global Geopark (South-Eastern France). Geoconservation Research, 6(1), 207-232. https://doi.org/10.30486/gcr.2023.198.... CC BY 4.0.
Note: This source was used to trace the outlines of major volcanic features in the Bas-Vivarais volcanic field, specifically from figure 4A.

0:00 A Forgotten Volcano
0:48 Volcano Cave Painting
1:55 Geologic Setting
2:35 Volcanic Episodes
3:14 Most Recent Eruption