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Água de Pau
Agua de Pau
- Tipo
- Stratovulcano
- Altitudine
- 947 m
- Ultima eruzione
- 1564
- Tipo
- Stratovulcano
- Paese
- Portogallo
- Regione
- Oceano Atlantico / Azores-Terceira Rift Volcanic Province
- Altitudine
- 947 m
- Coordinate
- 37.770, -25.470
- Ultima eruzione
- 1564
- Contesto tettonico
- Zona di rift / Crosta oceanica (< 15 km)
- Forma vulcanica
- Composito
- Roccia principale
- Trachite / Trachidacite
Sintesi geologica
The Agua de Pau stratovolcano in central Sao Miguel Island contains an outer 4 x 7 km caldera formed about 30,000-45,000 years ago and an inner 2.5 x 3 km caldera that was created about 15,000 years ago. The younger caldera is partially filled by the Lagoa do Fogo caldera lake. Several post-caldera lava domes were emplaced on the northern and western flanks, but activity in the caldera did not resume until about 5000 years ago. The 3 km3 Fogo-A plinian pumice fall deposit was emplaced at this time. Numerous flank cinder cones mark radial and concentric fissures, some of which have been active during historical time. The latest trachytic explosive eruption took place during 1563. Prominent hot springs are located on the NW flank.
Sintesi da Wikipedia
Riassunto in ingleseÁgua de Pau Massif is a stratovolcanic complex, located in the central part of the island of São Miguel, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. More recognizable for the Lagoa do Fogo at its centre, the volcanic complex includes centuries of geomorphological structures that include lava domes, cones and encrusted lava flows that have marked its history from, the last, 45,000 years BC.
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Storia delle eruzioni
10 registrateGlossarioCronologia dettagliata
- 1564VEI 2Osservata1564-02-10 – 1564-02-12Lagoa do Fogo caldera
- 1563VEI 5Osservata1563-06-28 – 1563-07-26Caldera, NW flank (Cerro Queimado)
- 700 (±150 anni)VEI ?Stima geologica700 – fine sconosciutaWNW flank (Mos)
- 160 (±150 anni)VEI ?Stima geologica160 – fine sconosciutaNW flank (251 m)
- 1290 a.C.VEI 4Stima geologica1290 a.C. – fine sconosciutaLagoa do Fogo caldera
- 1850 a.C. (±500 anni)VEI 3Stima geologica1850 a.C. – fine sconosciutaEast flank (Lagoa do Congro)
- 2210 a.C. (±150 anni)VEI ?Stima geologica2210 a.C. – fine sconosciutaEast flank (East Congo maar)
- 2990 a.C.VEI 5Stima geologica2990 a.C. – fine sconosciutaLagoa do Fogo caldera and north flank
- 4550 a.C. (±100 anni)VEI ?Stima geologica4550 a.C. – fine sconosciutaSW flank (449 m)
- 6750 a.C. (±200 anni)VEI ?Stima geologica6750 a.C. – fine sconosciutaWest flank (Pico Joao Fernandes)
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