El Salvador · Estratovolcán
Volcán Chinameca
Chinameca
- Tipo
- Estratovolcán
- Altitud
- 1300 m
- Última erupción
- Desconocido
- Tipo
- Estratovolcán
- País
- El Salvador
- Región
- América Central y Caribe / Central America Volcanic Arc
- Altitud
- 1300 m
- Coordenadas
- 13.478, -88.330
- Última erupción
- Desconocido
- Contexto tectónico
- Zona de subducción / Corteza continental (> 25 km)
- Forma volcánica
- Compuesto
- Roca principal
- Andesita / Andesita basáltica
Resumen geológico
The small Chinameca stratovolcano (also known as El Pacayal) lies across a low saddle about 7 km NW of the large San Miguel volcano. A 2-km-wide, steep-sided caldera, Laguna Seca el Pacayal, truncates the summit, whose flanks are covered with coffee plantations. The Holocene cone of Cerro el Limbo on the W flank rises above the level of the caldera rim, and a Holocene lava flow extends from a NNW-flank vent into the lowlands to the N beyond the town of Chinameca (Weber and Weisemann, 1978). A group of fumarole fields on the N flank surrounds the city of Chinameca, and the volcano has been the site of a geothermal exploration program.
Resumen de Wikipedia
Resumen en inglésChinameca is a stratovolcano in central-eastern El Salvador. It lies north of San Miguel volcano and rises over the town of Chinameca. The volcano is topped by a 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) wide caldera known as Laguna Seca el Pacayal, and a satellite cone on the west side, Cerro el Limbo, rises higher than the caldera rim. Fumaroles can be found on the north side, and it has been the site of a geothermal exploration program.
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