Английская Википедия:Cerro Overo
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Cerro Overo is a volcanic crater in Chile. It lies at the foot of Chiliques volcano and close to Laguna Lejía, over ignimbrites of Pliocene age erupted by the La Pacana volcano. It is Шаблон:Convert wide and Шаблон:Convert deep and formed through combined explosive-effusive eruptions. The lavas are of lower crustal provenience and are among the least silicic in the region.
Geography and geomorphology
Cerro Overo is a Шаблон:Convert wide volcanic crater, which is elongated in east-west direction. Its maximum depth is about Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn A Шаблон:Convert thick layer of ejecta surrounds the maar and has a conspicuous black colour.[1]
Cerro Overo lies on the Шаблон:Convert high Altos del Toro Blanco ridgeШаблон:Sfn at the northeastern foot of Chiliques volcano.[2] Laguna Lejia, a local closed lake fed by springs,Шаблон:Sfn lies Шаблон:Convert west-northwest of Cerro Overo.Шаблон:Sfn
Geology
Geologically, Cerro Overo is part of the Central Volcanic Zone (CVZ) of the Andes, which is represented by Lascar and Chiliques volcanoes around Cerro Overo.Шаблон:Sfn The CVZ is one of four volcanic belts that are located in the Andes, and which include the Northern Volcanic Zone, the Central Volcanic Zone, the Southern Volcanic Zone and the Austral Volcanic Zone. Volcanism occurs due to the subduction of the Nazca Plate off the west coast of South America.Шаблон:Sfn Changes in its geometry over time have caused variations in the volcanic activity in the Central Volcanic Zone, the latest of which helped build the Puna-Altiplano, the highest volcanically active high plateau in the world.Шаблон:Sfn
The maar is set into Pliocene-age ignimbrites erupted by the La Pacana caldera,[1] and the underlying rocks range in age from Permian to Miocene and include both volcanic and sedimentary rocks.Шаблон:Sfn A fault may have controlled its formation;[1] the maar lies at the intersection of several north-northeast trending lineaments with a northwest-southeast trending regional tectonic structure.Шаблон:Sfn Most likely, the faults allowed the magma to bypass the crustal structures that intercept mafic magmas such as these of Cerro Overo before they reach the surface.Шаблон:Sfn
Composition
Cerro Overo has erupted basaltic andesite, which contains phenocrysts of clinopyroxene, olivine and plagioclase. Quartz occurs as xenoliths and xenocrysts.Шаблон:Sfn The volcanic rocks define a calc-alkaline suite.Шаблон:Sfn They are the least silicic rocks of this region in the Andes[2] and define a mafic member of the Central Volcanic Zone magmatic suite.Шаблон:Sfn Such mafic melts are uncommon in the region as the thick crust and underground magmatic processes hinder their ascent.Шаблон:Sfn
Age and origin
Based on its appearance, the maar was assigned a possible Holocene[2] or postglacial age.[3] Radiometric dating yielded an older age, of no more than 77,000 ± 7,800 years ago.Шаблон:Sfn The eruption emplaced about eight separate units of volcanic rocks,Шаблон:Sfn including about Шаблон:Convert of lava and Шаблон:Convert of tephra.Шаблон:Sfn Magma rapidly ascended to the surface and triggered explosive, effusive and phreatomagmatic activity, which occurred owing to the availability of groundwater.Шаблон:Sfn After its emplacement, the crater was partially filled by wind-transported and alluvial sediments.Шаблон:Sfn
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