Licto volcanic field
Licto
Pyroclastic cone · Ecuador · 3322m
- Type
- Pyroclastic cone
- Country
- Ecuador
- Region
- South America Volcanic Regions / Northern Andean Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 3322m
- Coordinates
- -1.786, -78.614
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Minor (Basaltic)
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Geological summary
The Licto group of scoria cones lies along the Río Chambo ~25 km SE of the city of Riobamba and just north of the town of Licto. These three basaltic andesite to andesitic cones form the southernmost area of Quaternary volcanism in the Interandean valley of Ecuador. The Cerro Tulabug cone is the largest, with Loma Bellavista ~2 km SE and Licto, the smallest, ~1 km down the WNW flank. The group was considered to be of late Pleistocene or Holocene age (Hall, 1987, pers. comm; Eissen, 2006, pers. comm.) based on the relatively youthful morphology of the cones.
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Licto is a volcanic field in Ecuador, close to the town of Licto.
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Eruption history
Detailed timeline
No eruption records available.
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