El Valle Volcano
Updated: 25 abr. 2024 05:15 GMT -
stratovolcano 1185 m / 3,888 ft
Panamá, 8.58°N / -80.17°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Panamá, 8.58°N / -80.17°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
El Valle volcano is a (perhaps still active) stratovolcano 80 km SW of Panama City. The volcano has a broad shape and is cut by the 6 km wide El Valle de Antón caldera, which formed about 56,000 years ago.
Lava domes that grew inside the caldera include the Cerro Pajita, Cerro Gaital, and Cerro Caracoral dome complex.
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Erupciones del volcán El Valle: about 13,000 years ago
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Background
El Valle volcano is a broad stratovolcano cut by a large compound Pleistocene caldera. The 6-km-wide El Valle de Antón caldera was formed about 56,000 years ago in association with eruption of the dacitic El Hato pyroclastic flows. The caldera has steep, 200-300 m high walls overlooking a flat floor underlain by deposits of a former caldera lake and currently occupied by the town of El Valle.Cerro Pajita, Cerro Gaital, and Cerro Caracoral form a dacitic lava dome complex that was constructed along an E-W-trending lineament within the caldera and forms the 1185 m high point of the volcano.
Major phreatomagmatic plinian eruptions produced when magma interacted with caldera-lake water as recently as about 34,600 years ago generated pyroclastic flows that reached the Pacific coast, 25 km to the south. Phreatic eruptions have occurred since then (the most recent dated eruption took place about 13,000 years ago), and activity may have continued into the Holocene.
A geothermal exploration program is currently underway to evaluate the energy potential of the caldera.
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from: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
El Valle Volcano Photos
Descendiendo al Valle del Bove, volcán Etna, Italia (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
La costra de sal seca del lago de la sal es de color rojo del polvo y sales de naranja. Los altos muros del Valle del Rift son en el fondo. El... (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
La gente caminando al borde de la Valle del Bove, ver el flujo de lava. Nubes de ceniza y gas dibujan formas dramáticas en el cielo por encima del Valle... (Photo: Tom Pf...
Ceniza cae desde erupciones durante las últimas semanas se han concentrado en un sector al oeste del volcán según prevalecientes vientos del este.... (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer...