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Pali-Aike Volcanic Field
- Type
- Volcanic field
- Elevation
- 282m
- Last eruption
- -5550
- Type
- Volcanic field
- Country
- Chile · Argentina
- Region
- South America / Austral Andean Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 282m
- Coordinates
- -52.082, -69.698
- Last eruption
- -5550
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Cluster
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
The 3,000 km2 Pleistocene-to-Holocene Pali-Aike volcanic field straddles the Chile-Argentina border north of the Straits of Magellan, about 150 km NE of the town of Punta Arenas.
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From Wikipedia
The Pali-Aike volcanic field is a volcanic field along the Argentina–Chile border. It is part of a family of back-arc volcanoes in Patagonia, which formed from processes involving the collision of the Chile Ridge with the Peru–Chile Trench. It lies farther east than the Austral Volcanic Zone, the volcanic arc that makes up the Andean Volcanic Belt at this latitude. Pali-Aike formed over sedimentary rock of Magallanes Basin, a Jurassic-age basin starting from the late Miocene as a consequence of regional tectonic events.
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Eruption history
1 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 1
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 5550 BCE (±2500 yrs) – 5550 BCE
- Largest confirmed eruption
- No VEI recorded
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Detailed timeline
- 5550 BCE (±2500 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate5550 BCE – end unknown
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