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Meullin

Campo vulcanico · Chile · 1080 m

Scoria cones of the Meullín volcanic field are across this May 2018 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 8.5 km across). The field is located in southern Chile and the small cones are vegetated, many with visible summit craters.
Scoria cones of the Meullín volcanic field are across this May 2018 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 8.5 km across). The field is located in southern Chile and the small cones are vegetated, many with visible summit craters. · Foto: Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2018 (https://www.planet.com/).
Tipo
Campo vulcanico
Paese
Chile
Regione
South America Volcanic Regions / Southern Andean Volcanic Arc
Altitudine
1080 m
Coordinate
-45.220, -73.050
Ultima eruzione
Sconosciuto
Contesto tettonico
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Forma vulcanica
Cluster
Roccia principale
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Sintesi geologica

The Meullín volcanic field consists of a chain of well-preserved cinder cones along the Lago Meullín, Lago Yulton, Río Cuervo, and Quitralco fault segments of the regional Liquine-Ofqui fault zone. The cones straddle both sides of the Aisén (Aysén) Fjord and were considered to be of Holocene age (Vargas et al., 2013). The cinder cones, a few of which are sub-aquatic, extend to the south along NE-SW, NNE-SSW, and N-S lines from Yulton Lake. The largest concentration of cones lies between Meullín Lake and the older Pleistocene Meullín volcano located west of the volcanic field, and additional forested cinder cones were constructed along the Río Pescado valley south of Aisén Fjord.

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