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Citerne

Soufriere Guadeloupe

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1467m
Last eruption
1977
Citerne
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Type
Stratovolcano
Country
France
Region
Middle America & Caribbean / Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1467m
Coordinates
16.044, -61.664
Last eruption
1977
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary

La Soufrière de la Guadeloupe volcano occupies the southern end of Basse-Terre, the western half of the island of Guadeloupe. Construction of the Grand Découverte volcano about 200,000 years ago was followed a Plinian eruption and caldera formation about 100,000 years later, and then by construction of the Carmichaël volcano within the caldera. Two episodes of edifice collapse and associated large debris avalanches formed the Carmichaël and Amic craters about 11,500 and 3,100 years ago, respectively. The present volcano subsequently grew within the Amic crater. The summit consists of a flat-topped lava dome, and several other domes occur on the southern flanks. Six phreatic explosive eruptions since 1690 opened radial fractures across the summit lava dome. The phreatic eruptions in 1976-77 caused severe economic disruption when Basse-Terre, the island's capital city immediately below the volcano, was evacuated.

From Wikipedia

Citerne is a French volcano located in Guadeloupe, on the southeast flank of La Grande Soufrière.

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Eruption history

19 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
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7490 BCE~7174 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?6543 BCE~6228 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?3388 BCE~3073 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?2126 BCE~1810 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1810 BCE~1495 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1495 BCE~1179 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 31179 BCE~864 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?864 BCE~548 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 383~398 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1345~1660 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 41660~1976 · 8 eruptions · max VEI 27490 BCE5281 BCE2757 BCE548 BCE1660

Detailed timeline

  1. 1976VEI 2Observed
    1976-07-08 – 1977-03-01
    SE side of summit (Gouffre Tarissan)
  2. 1956VEI 1Observed
    1956-10-19 – 1956-10-27
    ESE side, Napoléon Crater
  3. 1903VEI 2Method not stated
    1903-07-02 – end unknown
    SE side summit dome
  4. 1836VEI 2Observed
    1836-12-03 – 1837-02-12
    SE to NW sides of summit dome
  5. 1812VEI 1Observed
    1812-04-16 – 1812-05-10
    E-W fissure on summit dome
  6. 1797VEI 2Observed
    1797-09-29 – 1798-04-26
    NNW side of summit dome
  7. 1696VEI 1Observed
    1696-04 – end unknown
    North side of summit dome
  8. 1690VEI 1Observed
    1690-04-05 – end unknown
    Gouffre Dupuy, Gouffre Tarissan
  9. 1530 (±30 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    1530 – end unknown
    La Soufrière
  10. 370 (±75 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    370 – end unknown
    La Citerne and L'Eschelle cones
  11. 580 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    580 BCE – end unknown
    South flank (Morne Lenglet)
  12. 820 BCE (±100 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate
    820 BCE – end unknown
    Morne Amic ?
  13. 980 BCE (±200 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    980 BCE – end unknown
  14. 1310 BCE (±150 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate
    1310 BCE – end unknown
    Morne Amic
  15. 1810 BCE (±150 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1810 BCE – end unknown
  16. 2050 BCEVEI ?Method not stated
    2050 BCE – end unknown
  17. 3310 BCE (±150 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    3310 BCE – end unknown
    South flank (Gros Fougas)
  18. 6450 BCE (±150 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    6450 BCE – end unknown
  19. 7490 BCE (±150 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    7490 BCE – end unknown

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