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Colombia · Stratovolcano

Cerro Bravo

Bravo, Cerro

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
3985m
Last eruption
1720
Cerro Bravo
Photo: Luis Perez from Medellin, Colombia · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Colombia
Region
South America / Northern Andean Volcanic Arc
Elevation
3985m
Coordinates
5.091, -75.293
Last eruption
1720
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Dacite
Geological summary

Cerro Bravo is a relatively low dominantly dacitic lava-dome complex north of Nevado del Ruiz that was constructed within the Pleistocene Quebrada Seca caldera. A series of moderate plinian eruptions during the Holocene were accompanied by pyroclastic flows and lava dome growth. Although historical records of the roughly 4000-m-high Cerro Bravo eruptions have not been found, stratigraphic evidence indicates that it last erupted sometime between the 1595 and 1845 eruptions of Ruiz.

From Wikipedia

Cerro Bravo is a stratovolcano located in Tolima, Colombia, north of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano. The rock type of the volcano is andesite.

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Eruption history

8 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
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4280 BCE~4080 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 41480 BCE~1280 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 41080 BCE~880 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 4880 BCE~680 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 4720~920 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 4920~1120 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 41320~1520 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 41520~1720 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 44280 BCE2880 BCE1280 BCE1201520

Detailed timeline

  1. 1720 (±150 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    1720 – end unknown
  2. 1330 (±75 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    1330 – end unknown
  3. 1050 (±75 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    1050 – end unknown
  4. 750 (±150 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    750 – end unknown
  5. 730 BCE (±75 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    730 BCE – end unknown
  6. 1050 BCE (±200 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    1050 BCE – end unknown
  7. 1310 BCE (±150 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    1310 BCE – end unknown
  8. 4280 BCE (±150 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    4280 BCE – end unknown

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