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Peinado

Estratovolcán · Argentina · 5741 m

Lighter-colored pyroclastic material blankets the summit of Cerro Peinado, and a possible pyroclastic-flow deposit descends the right-hand flank. This symmetrical Argentinian stratovolcano, one of the youngest in the region, is the source of well-preserved lava flows of Holocene age from summit and flank vents. An apron of pristine lava flows surrounds the volcano and was erupted from the main cone and from vents on the flank, including a prominent ESE-flank vent.
Lighter-colored pyroclastic material blankets the summit of Cerro Peinado, and a possible pyroclastic-flow deposit descends the right-hand flank. This symmetrical Argentinian stratovolcano, one of the youngest in the region, is the source of well-preserved lava flows of Holocene age from summit and flank vents. An apron of pristine lava flows surrounds the volcano and was erupted from the main cone and from vents on the flank, including a prominent ESE-flank vent. · Foto: Photo by Ben Edwards, 1998 (Dickinson College, Pennsylvania). · Wikimedia Commons
Tipo
Estratovolcán
País
Argentina
Región
South America Volcanic Regions / Central Andean Volcanic Arc
Altitud
5741 m
Coordenadas
-26.623, -68.116
Última erupción
Desconocido
Contexto tectónico
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Forma volcánica
Composite
Roca principal
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Resumen geológico

The symmetrical Cerro Peinado stratovolcano in Argentina is the source of well-preserved Holocene lava flows from summit and flank vents (de Silva and Francis, 1991). The upper part of the cone is covered by pyroclastic material. Possible pyroclastic-flow lobes extend to the NW and N. An apron of pristine lava flows that extends to 6 km were erupted from the main cone and from flank vents, including a prominent ESE-flank vent. It is surrounded by small fields of older cinder cones, maars, and lava flows, located along N-S-trending faults, which are related to the Salar de Antofalla and Antofagasta volcanic fields.

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Resumen en inglés

Peinado is a stratovolcano in Catamarca Province, Argentina. It consists of a volcanic cone with a summit crater, surrounded at its foot by lava flows erupted from flank vents. It began erupting about 100,000 years ago, with the last eruption about 36,800 years ago. Future eruptions are possible.

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