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Campo de Calatrava

Calatrava Volcanic Field

Volcanic field · Spain · 1117m

Columba volcano, the youngest known vent of the dominantly Pliocene Calatrava Volcanic Field, rises above the Jabalón reservoir (foreground). The massive volcanic field covers an area of over 5,000 km2 and contains more than 300 cones, maars, and lava domes. This field is mostly of Pliocene or late-Pleistocene age, although late-stage phreatomagmatic activity at Columba volcano was dated at the mid-Holocene. Fumarolic activity was recorded in the Sierra de Valenzuela area during the 16th-18th centuries.
Columba volcano, the youngest known vent of the dominantly Pliocene Calatrava Volcanic Field, rises above the Jabalón reservoir (foreground). The massive volcanic field covers an area of over 5,000 km2 and contains more than 300 cones, maars, and lava domes. This field is mostly of Pliocene or late-Pleistocene age, although late-stage phreatomagmatic activity at Columba volcano was dated at the mid-Holocene. Fumarolic activity was recorded in the Sierra de Valenzuela area during the 16th-18th centuries. · Photo: Photo by Rafael Becerra Ramírez, 2006 (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha). · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Volcanic field
Country
Spain
Region
European Volcanic Regions / Western European Volcanic Province
Elevation
1117m
Coordinates
38.870, -4.020
Last eruption
-3600
Tectonic setting
Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Cluster
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Geological summary

The Calatrava volcanic field lies in central Spain near Ciudad Real. The more than 300 basaltic-to-foiditic pyroclastic cones, maars, and lava domes cover an area of more than 5000 km2. The field is mostly of Pliocene or late-Pleistocene age, although late-stage phreatomagmatic activity at Columba volcano was dated at the mid-Holocene. It lies in a continental rift setting and contains several lake-filled maars. Fumarolic activity was recorded in the Sierra de Valenzuela area during the 16th-18th centuries.

From Wikipedia

The Campo de Calatrava volcanic field is a volcanic field in Spain. The volcanic field is in the centre of the province of Ciudad Real, in a region known as Campo de Calatrava.

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Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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3600 BCE~3600 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?3600 BCE3600 BCE3599 BCE3599 BCE3599 BCE

Detailed timeline

  1. 3600 BCE (±500 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    BCE 3600 – Ongoing
    Columba

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