Lipovei Hills are the most extended piedmont units in the Banat area. The area covered by these hills (about 200,000 ha) are delimited by the Mureş River – north and by the Bega River – South. Eastwards and westwards the limit follows a sinuous trajectory along the Lăsău – Lăugiu de Jos – Coşteiu de Sus alignment, and by the Chesinţ – Bencec – Ianova alignment, respectively. According to different previous research, the northern-southern exposition of the fracture system played a major role at the beginning of the volcanic activity in the Quaternary in south-western Romania.

basic eruption rocks; volcano cone; crater

Presentation: oral