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Naolinco Volcanic Field

Type
Volcanic field
Elevation
2000m
Last eruption
1145
Naolinco Volcanic Field
Photo: Lee Siebert, Smithsonian Institution · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Volcanic field
Country
Mexico
Region
Middle America & Caribbean / Trans-Mexican Volcanic Arc
Elevation
2000m
Coordinates
19.635, -96.910
Last eruption
1145
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Cluster
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt

Geological summary

The Naolinco Volcanic Field in the Sierra de Chiconquiaco range north of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, consists of a broad area of scattered Quaternary pyroclastic cones and associated dominantly basaltic lava flows.

Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →

Eruption history

2 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
2
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
1202 BCE (±180 yrs) – 1145
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 2 (1145)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
0
Summary (VEI over time)
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1202 BCE~1006 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?949~1145 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21202 BCE615 BCE28 BCE363949

Detailed timeline

  1. 1145 (±95 yrs)VEI 2Geological estimate
    1145 – end unknown
    Lower NE flank (El Volcancillo)
  2. 1202 BCE (±180 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1202 BCE – end unknown
    Rincón de Chapultepec

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