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List Of Volcanoes In Bolivia
The country of Bolivia hosts numerous activeIn vulcanology and this article active volcanoes are those with Holocene eruption, that means eruptions in the last 10,000 years. and extinct volcanoes across its territory. The active volcanoes are in western Bolivia making up the Cordillera Occidental, the western limit of the Altiplano plateau. Many of the active volcanoes are international mountains shared with Chile. All Cenozoic volcanoes of Bolivia are part of the Central Volcanic Zone (CVZ) of the Andean Volcanic Belt that results due to processes involved in the subduction of Nazca Plate under the South American Plate. The Central Volcanic Zone is a major upper Cenozoic volcanic province. Apart from Andean volcanoes the geology of Bolivia host the remnants of ancient volcanoes around the Precambrian Guaporé Shield in the eastern part of the country. Image:Nevado Sajama.jpg, Sajama, a stratovolcano considered extinct. Image:Licancabur Green Lake.jpg, View of Licancabur. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivia
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Cerro Ascotan
Cerro Ascotan (also known as ) is a volcano on the border between Chile and Bolivia. It is high, above the terrain and a maximum slope in the summit area of 26°. A breach in the edifice is wide and long, with an azimuth of 252°. The current snowline lies between ; during the Pleistocene it was lower at . The volcano's summit, about one third thereof, was removed by a large explosion, with debris thrown at large distances. Volcanic activity probably occurred during the Pleistocene The Pleistocene ( , often referred to as the ''Ice age'') is the geological Epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was fina .... The volcano is neighbor to Cerro Araral. References External links * Volcanoes of Chile Mountains of Antofagasta Region Volcanoes of Bolivia Mountains of Bolivia Stratovolcanoes of Bolivia Stratovolcanoes of Chile Pleistocene stra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayu Quta (Ladislao Cabrera)
__NOTOC__ Jayu Quta (Aymara ''jayu'' salt, ''quta'' lake, "salt lake", also spelled ''Jayo Khota, Jayu Khota, Jayu Kkota'') is a maar partially filled with water, in the Bolivian Altiplano, north of the Salar de Uyuni and east of the Salar de Coipasa. It is situated in the Oruro Department, Ladislao Cabrera Province, Salinas de Garci Mendoza Municipality, Villa Esperanza Canton. It was originally misidentified as a meteorite impact crater. A smaller maar, named Ñiq'i Quta ("mud lake", ''Nekhe Khota, Nekhe Kkota''), is located southwest of Jayu Quta. Volcanic activity of phreatomagmatic nature formed the maars, probably during the Holocene. During this activity, basalt-trachyandesite rocks were ejected, including xenoliths consisting of granite. These maars belong to a group of volcanic centres in the Altiplano. These centres mostly consist of lava flows of trachyandesitic to dacitic composition. The maars appear to form a lineament with Ch'iyar Qullu. However, in terms of is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iru Phutunqu (Chile-Nor Lípez)
Irruputuncu is a volcano in the commune of Pica, Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile, as well as San Pedro de Quemes Municipality, Nor Lípez Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia. The mountain's summit is high and has two summit craters—the southernmost -wide one has active fumaroles. The volcano also features lava flows, block and ash flows and several lava domes. The volcano is part of the Andean Central Volcanic Zone (CVZ). The volcano has been active during the Pleistocene and Holocene, with major eruptions occurring 258.2 ± 48.8 ka ago, between 55.9 ka and 140 ka ago and 1570 ± 900 BP (380 ± 900 AD), which were accompanied by the formation of ignimbrites. Historical volcanic activity is less clear; an eruption in 1989 is considered unconfirmed. Plumes linked to phreatomagmatic eruptive activity were observed on 26 November 1995 and 1 September 2003. Seismic activity is also observed on Irruputuncu, and ongoing fumarolic activity releasing of has left s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guayaques
The 10-km-long Guayaques chain of N-S-trending rhyodacitic lava domes runs across the Chile-Bolivia border about 10 km. east of the Cerro Toco - Purico Complex. See also * List of volcanoes in Bolivia * List of volcanoes in Chile The Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program lists 105 volcanoes in Chile that have been active during the Holocene. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerro Guacha
Cerro Guacha is a Miocene caldera in southwestern Bolivia's Sur Lípez Province. Part of the volcanic system of the Andes, it is considered to be part of the Central Volcanic Zone (CVZ), one of the three volcanic arcs of the Andes, and its associated Altiplano-Puna volcanic complex (APVC). A number of volcanic calderas occur within the latter. Cerro Guacha and the other volcanoes of that region are formed from the subduction of the Nazca plate beneath the South America plate. Above the subduction zone, the crust is chemically modified and generates large volumes of melts that form the local caldera systems of the APVC. Guacha is constructed over a basement of sediments. Two major ignimbrites, the 5.6-5.8 mya Guacha ignimbrite with a volume of and the 3.5-3.6 mya Tara ignimbrite with a volume of were erupted from Cerro Guacha. More recent activity occurred 1.7 mya and formed a smaller ignimbrite with a volume of . The larger caldera has dimensions of with a rim altitude of . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escala Volcano
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Cerro Columa
Cerro Columa, or Cerro Colluma, is a crater in Bolivia. In 1964 it was considered to be a crater formed by volcanism. Its rims reach an altitude of and in the crater lies a playa lake. The crater has dimensions of . The crater was most likely formed by the collapse of a sediment dome, an origin as a meteorite crater is less likely. The crater lies on a poorly vegetated desert plain that slopes to Salar de Coipasa. The surrounding plain has an altitude of and was covered by Lake Minchin during the Pleistocene The Pleistocene ( , often referred to as the ''Ice age'') is the geological Epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was fina .... Sources Maars of Bolivia Volcanoes of Oruro Department {{volcanology-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chutinza
Chutinza is a high inactive volcano in the Andes, part of the Millunu volcanic complex. In the first stage of its activity, andesite and dacite lava flows with minor pyroclastic components generated a stratovolcano with a crater named Cerro Chutinza Viejo on its northeastern side. Later, lava dome In volcanology, a lava dome is a circular mound-shaped protrusion resulting from the slow extrusion of viscous lava from a volcano. Dome-building eruptions are common, particularly in convergent plate boundary settings. Around 6% of eruptions on ...s were erupted from the crater (Cerro Tangani), the western flank (Cerro Paja Redonda with a long lava flow) and Cerro Cota 4735. References {{Volcanology-stub Volcanoes of Chile Volcanoes of Bolivia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerro Bonete (Lipez)
Cerro Bonete is a volcano in Sur Lipez. It is part of the Cordillera de Lipez and is high. The volcano is of Miocene age and formed by potassium-rich felsic rocks. It is associated with the 15 mya South Lípez ignimbrites. Volcanism in the area occurred in two phases, an earlier andesitic phase called the Rondal formation and during the Quechua orogeny a second phase associated with rhyodacite forming lava domes, lava flows and pyroclastic flows (up to thick). The formation of the massif was preceded by the eruption of dacitic ignimbrite 15 mya Mya may refer to: Brands and product names * Mya (program), an intelligent personal assistant created by Motorola * Mya (TV channel), an Italian Television channel * Midwest Young Artists, a comprehensive youth music program Codes * Burmese .... These structures are mined, with mines including the Bolivar and Lipẽna mines. References See also * Cerro Morokho Volcanoes of Bolivia Extinct volcanoes Miocene lava dom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ch'iyar Qullu (Oruro)
Ch'iyar Qullu (Aymara ''ch'iyara'' black, ''qullu'' mountain, "black mountain", also spelled ''Chiar Kkollu'') is a volcanic centre in Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Ladislao Cabrera Province, Salinas de Garci Mendoza Municipality, northeast of Salinas de Garci Mendoza, near a maar named Jayu Quta ("salt lake"). It is a sill formed from primitive phyric alkali basalt that closely resembles ocean island basalt in composition and now appears as a hill. The rocks contain augite and olivine and the eruption site coincides with a local lineament and is of Miocene age, with dates of 22.51±0.45 mya by Ar-Ar dating and 25.2±0.5 mya by K-Ar dating. The Ch'iyar Qullu magmas are Central Andes intraplate magmas and originate from the upper mantle The upper mantle of Earth is a very thick layer of rock inside the planet, which begins just beneath the crust (at about under the oceans and about under the continents) and ends at the top of the lower mantle at . Tempera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chullkani
Chullkani (possibly a broken name from Aymara Chullunkhäni ("the one with the icicles"), Hispanicized spelling ''Chullcani'') is a volcano in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality. It lies near two lower peaks both named Wayna Chullunkhäni ("young Chullunkhäni"). The eastern one called Wayna Chullunkhäni (Hispanicized ''Huayna Chulluncani'') lies at , and the one northwest of Chullkani, also spelled ''Huayna Chuluncani'', lies at at a creek named Wayna Chullkani ''(Huayna Chullcani)''. Activity at Chullkani commenced in the upper Miocene with the cryptodome Ch'ankha Muqu. This lava dome is formed by porphyritic andesite and has dimensions of at an altitude of . Later, southeast of Chullkani formed the rhyolitic Yapu Qullu lava dome. Crystalline flows named Thuwas Qalani ''(Tobas Khalani)'' are up to thick and contain lithic fragments and pumice. Chullkani proper formed 6.13± 0.12 Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
