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Calabozos

Caldera · Chile · 3508 m

The 26 x 14 km late-Pleistocene Calabozos caldera contains several post-caldera vents of Holocene age.  The Descabezado Chico group (mid right-center) was constructed over the buried western rim of the caldera.  The Cerro de Medio group (mid extreme-right) grew within the southern part of the caldera.  No historical eruptions are known, but hot-spring clusters occur within the caldera.
The 26 x 14 km late-Pleistocene Calabozos caldera contains several post-caldera vents of Holocene age. The Descabezado Chico group (mid right-center) was constructed over the buried western rim of the caldera. The Cerro de Medio group (mid extreme-right) grew within the southern part of the caldera. No historical eruptions are known, but hot-spring clusters occur within the caldera. · Foto: Photo by Hugo Moreno (University of Chile).
Tipo
Caldera
Paese
Chile
Regione
South America Volcanic Regions / Southern Andean Volcanic Arc
Altitudine
3508 m
Coordinate
-35.558, -70.496
Ultima eruzione
Sconosciuto
Contesto tettonico
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Forma vulcanica
Composite
Roccia principale
Dacite
Sintesi geologica

The composite late-Pleistocene Calabozos caldera (14 x 26 km) produced major rhyodacitic-to-dacitic ashflow sheets of ~200-500 km3 each, collectively referred to as the Loma Seca Tuff, at 800,000, 300,000, and 150,000 years ago. Eruptive activity has continued into the Holocene, forming the 20-25 km3 and the four clustered vents of Descabezado Chico near the western caldera rim. The late-Holocene 2.5 km3 Escorias dacitic lava flow from Descabezado Chico traveled more than 30 km S. Several hot-spring clusters are present along the margin of the central resurgent uplift within the caldera.

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Riassunto in inglese

Calabozos is a Holocene caldera in central Chile's Maule Region. Part of the Chilean Andes' volcanic segment, it is considered a member of the Southern Volcanic Zone (SVZ), one of the three distinct volcanic belts of South America. This most active section of the Andes runs along central Chile's western edge, and includes more than 70 of Chile's stratovolcanoes and volcanic fields. Calabozos lies in an extremely remote area of poorly glaciated mountains.

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