Apastepeque Field

sopka (bez známé erupce za posledních ~12 000 let), El Salvador, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions

Kde

El Salvador, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Volcanic field

Nadmořská výška

700 m

Poloha

13,696°, -88,772°

The Apastepeque volcanic field, N of the city of San Vicente, consists of a dense cluster of about two dozen volcanic features, including lava domes, cinder cones, and maars. Andesitic-to-dacitic lava domes were emplaced in some locations following dacitic pumice eruptions; after the more siliceous eruptions ended, a series of basaltic cinder cones formed. Some of the basaltic eruptions concluded with the formation of maars up to 100 m deep, including those now occupied by lakes such as Laguna de Apastepeque and Laguna Chalchuapán. No eruption dates are known.

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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