Английская Википедия:Aguilera (volcano)

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Aguilera (e. 2546 m/8353 ft.) is a stratovolcano in southern Chile, which rises above the edge of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. It is a remote volcano that was identified as such in 1985, but the first ascent only occurred in 2014, making it the last unclimbed major Andean volcano.

It is located west of Lake Argentino and northeast of Peel Fjord in the southern Andes and erupted mainly dacites and pyroclastic tephra. It has erupted several times in the Holocene, with a major eruption taking place 3,000 ± 1,000 years before present. Its eruptions have spread ashfalls over Patagonia.

Geography and geomorphology

Aguilera lies west of the city of Calafate,Шаблон:Sfn northwest of Peel FjordШаблон:Sfn and within the commune of Natales. There is not much knowledge on volcanism in southernmost Chile/PatagoniaШаблон:Sfn as the volcanoes are poorly mapped, difficult to access and the weather conditions hostile.Шаблон:Sfn Aguilera was named in 1933 by Alberto Maria de Agostini, but its volcanic nature was first established in 1985.

Aguilera is part of the Andean Austral Volcanic Zone, which lies in the southernmost territory of Chile. It consists of six volcanoes, from north to south these are Lautaro, Viedma, Aguilera, Reclus, Monte Burney and Cook;Шаблон:Sfn only the first has clearly documented historical activity, in 1959–1960.Шаблон:Sfn The first five are located on the South America Plate at increasing distances from the trench, while Cook is on the Scotia PlateШаблон:Sfn and is a complex of lava domes unlike the other volcanoes which are stratovolcanoes.Шаблон:Sfn North of Lautaro lies a Шаблон:Convert long gap without volcanism and then Cerro Hudson, the southernmost volcano of the Southern Volcanic Zone.Шаблон:Sfn

The volcano is a Шаблон:ConvertШаблон:Sfn/Шаблон:Convert high stratovolcano that rises from the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, reaching a height of about Шаблон:Convert above its base and almost entirely covered with ice.

Geology

Off southwesternmost South America, the Antarctic Plate subducts beneath the South America Plate at a rate of Шаблон:Convert. This subduction is responsible for the volcanism in the Austral Volcanic Zone,Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn whereas earthquake activity is low; this is possibly because the subducting plate is too hot and too slow moving.Шаблон:Sfn

The basement below Aguilera is of Paleozoic-early Mesozoic age and consists of metamorphic rocks. The volcano sits at the easterly margin of the Patagonian Batholith, a Mesozoic-Cenozoic igneous rock province.Шаблон:Sfn

Volcanism occurs along much of the Andes, partly due to the subduction of the Antarctic Plate and partly due to the subduction of the Nazca Plate, in each case beneath the South America Plate. The latter subduction gives rise to the Northern Volcanic Zone, the Central Volcanic Zone and the Southern Volcanic Zone of the Andes,Шаблон:Sfn the Austral Volcanic Zone was once considered part of the Southern Volcanic Zone.Шаблон:Sfn

Composition

Aguilera has erupted dacites with intermediate contents of potassium,Шаблон:Sfn defining a calc-alkaline suiteШаблон:Sfn with adakitic characteristics.Шаблон:Sfn Phenocrysts include amphibole, biotite,Шаблон:Sfn clinopyroxene,Шаблон:Sfn hornblende and plagioclase; plagioclase and also orthoclase and pyroxene often occur as xenoliths.Шаблон:Sfn

Melts of subducted sediment and from the subducting slab give rise to the magmas of Aguilera and other volcanoes of the northern Austral Volcanic Zone,Шаблон:Sfn but they are subsequently modified by interactions with the mantle wedgeШаблон:Sfn and in the case of Aguilera, Lautaro and Viedma, further interaction takes place with the Paleozoic crust.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Climate and vegetation

Aguilera lies within the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies belt and the average temperature of the region is about Шаблон:Convert. There is a west-east precipitation gradient from Шаблон:Convert to less than Шаблон:Convert in the region; frontal systems and cyclones within the westerlies deliver most precipitation in the region, but precipitation rates are controlled by orographic precipitation and the rainshadow effect resulting in the west-east gradient.Шаблон:Sfn

Vegetation in the region ranges from Magellanic subpolar forests to semidesert, depending on the amount of moisture available; Nothofagus species form most of the woods, including Nothofagus antarctica, Nothofagus betuloides and Nothofagus pumilio.Шаблон:Sfn

Eruption history

Aguilera erupted during the Holocene, depositing tephra in the region of Lago Argentino and Torres del Paine.Шаблон:Sfn The composition of rocks erupted by Aguilera are similar to these from Lautaro and Viedma, and the linkage of specific ash deposits to Aguilera is based mainly on geographical considerations.Шаблон:Sfn Other volcanoes have left tephra deposits in the wider region, including Cerro Hudson, Monte Burney and Reclus.

Evidence of possible eruptions at Aguilera include a 42,400 - 51,747 years old Шаблон:Convert thick tephra from Laguna Potrok Aike, two ash layers emplaced 5,700 and 5,150 years before present in the Vega Ñandú mire in Torres del Paine National Park, and a 5,500 years old tephra layer at various sites in and around Peninsula Avellaneda. A tephra layer found at archeological sites around Lago Argentino and deposited there 4,091 - 4,566 years before present originated at Aguilera and probably disrupted local human communities. Farther away in Antarctica, a tephra found in Talos Dome and deposited there 4,420 years before present may have originated at this volcano as well.

Another smaller eruption occurred at Aguilera after the A1 event and deposited ash in the Lago Argentino area; the date of its eruption is unknown.Шаблон:Sfn There are no known historical eruptions although an eruption reported in 1886 in the area may have occurred at Aguilera.

A1 eruption

The major A1Шаблон:Sfn eruption occurred at Aguilera Шаблон:Val or Шаблон:Val years ago. It deposited tephra east of the volcano as far south as the Strait of Magellan;Шаблон:Sfn other Aguilera tephras are less widespread. Its volume has been estimated to be between Шаблон:Convert,Шаблон:Sfn larger than the 1991 eruption of Cerro Hudson, reaching level 5 on the volcanic explosivity index.

Tephra deposits from this eruption have been found in the Cordillera Baguales (Шаблон:Convert thickness),Шаблон:Sfn at Gran Campo Nevado (Шаблон:Convert thickness), Lago Argentino (Шаблон:Convert thickness), Lago Cardiel (Шаблон:Convert thickness), Lago Roca (Шаблон:Convert thickness), Lake Viedma (Шаблон:Convert thickness), Brunswick Peninsula (Шаблон:Convert thickness), Seno Skyring (Шаблон:Convert), Torres del Paine National Park (Шаблон:Convert thickness)Шаблон:Sfn and Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego (Шаблон:Convert thickness). On Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego apparently the eruption did not substantially impact human populations. Chemicals derived from Aguilera tephra are found in cave deposits close to Monte Burney. Furthermore, a 3,600 years old sulfur dioxide-rich layer in ice cores from Talos Dome, Antarctica, may have been produced by the Aguilera eruption.

First climb

Aguilera was the last major volcano in the Andes to be climbed, with the first successful attempt occurring in August 2014 by a group of Chilean climbers.

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