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Salar Grande (caldera)

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106:. The caldera has an elliptical form trending northwest-southeast, with dimensions of 50 by 25 kilometres (31 mi × 16 mi). As the caldera formed, some volcanoes collapsed into the depression. Ignimbrites from the eruption partly filled the caldera, whose scarp reaches an elevation of 500 metres (1,600 ft). The formation of the caldera was influenced by the neighbouring Pedernales-Arizaro fault. 325: 242: 366: 279: 212: 359: 109:
The caldera is the source of the Salar Grande ignimbrite, as well as the San Andrés ignimbrite that overlies the former. The
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erupted by Salar Grande crop out mainly east of the caldera. They are yellow, white and gray and embedded within
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José Antonio Naranjo, Víctor Villa, Cristián Ramírez and Carlos Pérez de Arce.
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The region originally contained various rocks with ages ranging from
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Ramírez, Cristián; Naranjo, José A.; Suárez, Marco (October 2015).
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The Salar Grande caldera is located close to the border with
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26°00′S 68°40′W / 26.000°S 68.667°W / -26.000; -68.667
caldera
Chile
Neoproterozoic
Triassic
Oligocene
Central Volcanic Zone
calderas
lava domes
pyroclastic cones
stratovolcanoes
Argentina
Salar de Pedernales
ignimbrites
Miocene
basaltic andesite
andesite
dacite
lavas




Ramírez, Naranjo & Suárez 2015
Villa 2015


Ramírez, Naranjo & Suárez 2015

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