Volcán de Flores
Flores
Campo vulcanico · Guatemala · 1600 m
- Tipo
- Campo vulcanico
- Paese
- Guatemala
- Regione
- Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions / Central America Volcanic Arc
- Altitudine
- 1600 m
- Coordinate
- 14.308, -89.992
- Ultima eruzione
- Sconosciuto
- Contesto tettonico
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Forma vulcanica
- Cluster
- Roccia principale
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Sintesi geologica
Volcán de Flores is one of the largest of a cluster of small stratovolcanoes located in SE Guatemala behind the volcanic front. Also known as Volcán Amayo, it lies ~10 km W of the city of Jutiapa, at the SW end of the SE Guatemala volcanic platform. The summit rises ~600 m above a basement of Cretaceous and Tertiary sedimentary rocks and contains a shallow crater breached on its eastern side. Satellitic cones occur at the southern and eastern base of the dominantly basaltic volcano, and youthful lava flows occur at the NE base, near El Aguacite.
Sintesi da Wikipedia
Riassunto in ingleseVolcán de Flores is the most prominent stratovolcano in a volcanic field composed of several small volcanoes in southern Guatemala. With an elevation of 1,600 m, it is located approximately 10 km west of the city of Jutiapa.
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