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Puyehue-Cordón Caulle

Puyehue-Cordon Caulle

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
2236m
Last eruption
2012
Puyehue-Cordón Caulle
Photo: Clem23 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Chile
Region
South America / Southern Andean Volcanic Arc
Elevation
2236m
Coordinates
-40.590, -72.117
Last eruption
2012
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

The Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcanic complex (PCCVC) is a large NW-SE-trending late-Pleistocene to Holocene basaltic-to-rhyolitic transverse volcanic chain SE of Lago Ranco.

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From Wikipedia

Puyehue and Cordón Caulle are two coalesced volcanic edifices that form a major mountain massif in Puyehue National Park in the Andes of Ranco Province, in the South of Chile. In volcanology this group is known as the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex (PCCVC). Four volcanoes constitute the volcanic group or complex, the Cordillera Nevada caldera, the Pliocene Mencheca volcano, Cordón Caulle fissure vents and the Puyehue stratovolcano.

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Eruption history

26 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
26
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
5080 BCE (±150 yrs) – 2012
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 5 (2011, the most recent of 3)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
9
Summary (VEI over time)
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5080 BCE~4844 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 54844 BCE~4607 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?4607 BCE~4371 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI ?4371 BCE~4135 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?3425 BCE~3189 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1534 BCE~1298 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1062 BCE~825 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?589 BCE~353 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?116 BCE~120 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?120~356 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?356~593 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?829~1066 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 51066~1302 · 2 eruptions · max VEI ?1538~1775 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21775~2011 · 10 eruptions · max VEI 55080 BCE3425 BCE1534 BCE1201775

Detailed timeline

  1. 2011VEI 5Observed
    2011-06-04 – 2012-04-21
    Cordón Caulle, N of the 1960 eruption fissure
  2. 1990VEI 1Observed
    1990-07-02 – end unknown
    Cordón Caulle
  3. 1960VEI 3Observed
    1960-05-24 – 1960-07-30
    Cordón Caulle
  4. 1934VEI 2Observed
    1934-03-06 – end unknown
    Cordón Caulle
  5. 1929VEI 2Observed
    1929-01-07 – end unknown
    Cordón Caulle
  6. 1921VEI 3Observed
    1921-12-13 – 1922-02-12
    Cordón Caulle-Cordillera Nevada
  7. 1919VEI 2Observed
    1919-07-02 – 1920-07-02
    Cordón Caulle
  8. 1914VEI 2Observed
    1914-02-08 – end unknown
    Cordón Caulle
  9. 1905VEI 2Observed
    1905-07-02 – end unknown
    Cordón Caulle
  10. 1893VEI 2Observed
    1893-07-02 – end unknown
    Cordón Caulle
  11. 1759VEI 2Observed
    1759 – end unknown
    Cordón Caulle
  12. 1220 (±150 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1220 – end unknown
  13. 1140 (±100 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1140 – end unknown
  14. 860 (±75 yrs)VEI 5Geological estimate
    860 – end unknown
    Puyehue
  15. 500 (±100 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    500 – end unknown
  16. 140 (±300 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    140 – end unknown
    Puyehue?
  17. 110 (±200 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    110 – end unknown
  18. 490 BCE (±300 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    490 BCE – end unknown
  19. 990 BCE (±500 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    990 BCE – end unknown
  20. 1490 BCE (±150 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1490 BCE – end unknown
  21. 3250 BCE (±2400 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    3250 BCE – end unknown
    Puyehue
  22. 4230 BCE (±200 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    4230 BCE – end unknown
  23. 4450 BCE (±900 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    4450 BCE – end unknown
    Puyehue
  24. 4460 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    4460 BCE – end unknown
  25. 4690 BCE (±200 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    4690 BCE – end unknown
  26. 5080 BCE (±150 yrs)VEI 5Geological estimate
    5080 BCE – end unknown
    Puyehue

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