Perdidos, Los

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

Kde

Costa Rica, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Caldera

Nadmořská výška

1 357 m

Poloha

10,403°, -84,675°

The forested Los Perdidos volcano lies at the southern end of a NNW-SSE-trending volcanic chain that includes the Arenal-Chato complex across the Río Fortuna. Volcanism began during the late Pleistocene at Los Perdidos and migrated northward to the historically active Arenal volcano. Several andesitic lava domes were constructed within and on the rim of a caldera, which have been have been Potassium-Argon dated by Gillot et al. (1994) at about 83,000-99,000 years before present.

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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