Uzon Volcano
Updated: 19 abr. 2024 21:05 GMT -
Calderas 1617 m / 5,305 ft
Kamchatka, Russia, 54.5°N / 159.97°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Kamchatka, Russia, 54.5°N / 159.97°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Erupciones del volcán Uzon: 200 AD ± 300 years
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Background
The twin Uzon and Geysernaya calderas, containing Kamchatka's largest geothermal area, form a 7 x 18 km depression that originated during multiple eruptions during the mid-Pleistocene. Widespread ignimbrite deposits associated with caldera formation have a volume of 20-25 cu km (exclusive of airfall deposits) and cover an area of 1700 sq km. Post-caldera activity was largely Pleistocene in age and consisted of the extrusion of small silicic lava domes and flows and maar formation in the Geysernaya caldera. The Lake Dal'ny maar in the NE part of the 9 x 12 km western caldera, Uzon, is early Holocene in age, and several Holocene phreatic eruptions have been documented in the Geysernaya caldera. The extensive high-temperature hydrothermal system includes the many hot springs, mudpots, and geysers of the Valley of Geysers, a 4-km-long canyon on the SE margin of the Uzon-Geysernaya depression. Hydrothermal explosions took place in the caldera in 1986 and 1989.---
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Uzon Volcano Photos
17 de septiembre: excursión en helicóptero a la caldera de Uzon y al Valle de los Géiseres. En nuestro camino, pasamos por el volcán Zhupanovsky, que tuvo una erupción ex...
Llegando a la caldera de Uzón. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Uzon Volcano Tours
Kamchatka (Russia)
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