Leon, Cerro

sopka (bez známé erupce za posledních ~12 000 let), Mexico, Eastern Pacific Volcanic Regions

Kde

Mexico, Eastern Pacific Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Cone

Nadmořská výška

280 m

Poloha

30,227°, -114,655°

Cerro León, also known as Volcán Prieto ("Dark volcano"), is a small, roughly 280-m-high cone of early Pleistocene age (~2.5 Ma) that was constructed along the Guaymas lineament on the east coast of northern Baja California (Martin-Barajas and Weber, 2003). The eastern flank of the volcano extends into the Gulf of California. It is part of the Puertecitos Volcanic Province, within the Gulf of California Rift Basin System (Martin-Barajas and Weber, 2003; Oskin and Stock, 2003). This volcanic province is the most extensive in the region and has the longest known volcanic history. It is typically calc-alkaline and largely rhyolitic, but Cerro Leon is predominantly andesitic (Stock, 2000; Gastil et al., 1979; Martin-Barajas and Weber, 2003).

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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