The Zitacuaro Volcanic Complex, Michoacan, Mexico: magmatic and eruptive history of a resurgent caldera
The Zitacuaro Volcanic Complex (ZVC) rises on a basement of metamorphic rocks of Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous age, and volcanic rocks, limestones, and red beds of Cretaceous age. Volcanic activity related to the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt started during Early Miocene with the eruption of calc-alk...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 1997 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Geofísica Internacional |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistagi.geofisica.unam.mx:article/633 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://revistagi.geofisica.unam.mx/index.php/RGI/article/view/633 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Cinturón volcánico mexicano caldera , resurgencia dómica Trans-Mexican volcanic belt resurgent domes |
| Sumario: | The Zitacuaro Volcanic Complex (ZVC) rises on a basement of metamorphic rocks of Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous age, and volcanic rocks, limestones, and red beds of Cretaceous age. Volcanic activity related to the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt started during Early Miocene with the eruption of calc-alkaline andesites that formed a primitive stratovolcano covering an area about 30 km x 15 km. A major change in eruptive style occurred during Middle Miocene, when a caldera structure formed, "Las Tres Chicas Caldera", approximately 30 km in diameter and dated about 12 Ma. Post-caldera activity consisted of three eruptive episodes of intra-caldera dome resurgence around 12 Ma, 5 Ma, and 0.5 Ma. Each episode featured the intrusion of dacitic central domes, the generation of pyroclastic flows and peri-caldera andesitic lava flows. The activity at the ZVC features recurrent volcanic episodes, the most recent one with emplacement of young resurgent domes such as Cacique. Local seismic activity in the area felt at Zitacuaro, is persistent. The ZVC should be considered as a potentially active volcanic zone. |
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