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Comondu-La Purisima

Tipo
Campo volcánico
Altitud
780 m
Última erupción
Desconocido
A young scoria cone rises above cactus-covered terrain NE of the town of La Purísima. The Comondú-La Purísima volcanic field, located in southern Baja California, west of the Sierra de la Giganta, has been active from the Miocene to the Quaternary. The youngest lava flows are mostly located in the area between the Comondú and La Purísima rivers.
A young scoria cone rises above cactus-covered terrain NE of the town of La Purísima. The Comondú-La Purísima volcanic field, located in southern Baja California, west of the Sierra de la Giganta, has been active from the Miocene to the Quaternary. The youngest lava flows are mostly located in the area between the Comondú and La Purísima rivers. · Foto: Photo by Brian Hausback, 1983 (California State University, Sacramento).
Tipo
Campo volcánico
País
México
Región
Pacífico Oriental / Gulf of California Rift Volcanic Province
Altitud
780 m
Coordenadas
26.000, -111.920
Última erupción
Desconocido
Contexto tectónico
Zona de rift / Corteza continental (> 25 km)
Forma volcánica
Grupo volcánico
Roca principal
Traquiandesita / Traquiandesita basáltica

Resumen geológico

Original en inglés

The Comondú-La Purísima volcanic field, located in southern Baja California, west of the Sierra de la Giganta, dates back to the Miocene.

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