Publication Date:
2020-11-18
Description:
Morphologic data for 147 cinder cones in southern Guatemala andwestern El Salvador are comparedwith data from
the San Francisco volcanic field, Arizona (USA), Cima volcanic field, California (USA), Michoácan–Guanajuato
volcanic field, Mexico, and the Lamongan volcanic field, East Java. The Guatemala cones have an average height of
110+/-50 m, an average basal diameter of 660+/-230 m and an average top diameter of 180+/-150 m. The
generalmorphology of these cones can be described by their average cone angle of slope (24+/-7), average heightto-
radius ratio (0.33+/-0.09) and their flatness (0.24+/-0.18). Although the mean values for the Guatemalan
cones are similar to those for other volcanic fields (e.g., San Francisco volcanic field, Arizona; Cima volcanic field,
California; Michoácan–Guanajuato volcanic field, Mexico; and Lamongan volcanic field, East Java), the range of
morphologies encompasses almost all of those observed worldwide for cinder cones.
Three new 40Ar/39Ar age dates are combined with 19 previously published dates for cones in Guatemala and El
Salvador. There is no indication that the morphologies of these cones have changed over the last 500–1000 ka.
Furthermore, a re-analysis of published data for other volcanic fields suggests that only in the Cima volcanic field (of
those studied) is there clear evidence of degradation with age.
Preliminary results of a numerical model of cinder cone growth are used to show that the range of morphologies
observed in the Guatemalan cinder cones could all be primary, that is, due to processes occurring at the time of
eruption.
Description:
Support for Walker was provided by NSF MARGINS grant OCE-
0405666.
Description:
Published
Description:
39-52
Description:
1.5. TTC - Sorveglianza dell'attività eruttiva dei vulcani
Description:
3.5. Geologia e storia dei vulcani ed evoluzione dei magmi
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3.6. Fisica del vulcanismo
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JCR Journal
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open
Keywords:
cinder cones
;
morphology
;
age dating
;
04. Solid Earth::04.01. Earth Interior::04.01.99. General or miscellaneous
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04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.99. General or miscellaneous
;
04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.03. Geomorphology
;
04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.09. Structural geology
;
04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.99. General or miscellaneous
;
05. General::05.02. Data dissemination::05.02.03. Volcanic eruptions
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Type:
article
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