Mexico · Volcanic field
Serdán-Oriental
Serdan-Oriental Volcanic Field
- Type
- Volcanic field
- Elevation
- 3485m
- Last eruption
- -3920
- Type
- Volcanic field
- Country
- Mexico
- Region
- Middle America & Caribbean / Trans-Mexican Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 3485m
- Coordinates
- 19.270, -97.470
- Last eruption
- -3920
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Cluster
- Major rock type
- Rhyolite
Geological summary
The Serdán-Oriental Volcanic Field, covering an area 35-40 km E-W and 60 km N-S, includes numerous late Pleistocene to Holocene rhyolitic lava domes, tuff cones, tuff rings, lava flows, and scoria cones.
Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →
Eruption history
1 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 1
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 3920 BCE (±50 yrs) – 3920 BCE
- Largest confirmed eruption
- No VEI recorded
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 3920 BCE (±50 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate3920 BCE – end unknownNorth flank (Yolotepec lava dome)
Nearby volcanoes
External links
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