Meullin

sopka – Volcanic field, Chile, South America Volcanic Regions

Kde

Chile, South America Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Volcanic field

Nadmořská výška

1 080 m

Tektonické prostředí

Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)

Poloha

-45,220°, -73,050°

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.

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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