Valle Nuevo Volcano
Updated: Apr 24, 2024 05:07 GMT -
Volcanic field unknown
Dominican Republic, 18.83°N / -70.67°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Dominican Republic, 18.83°N / -70.67°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Valle Nuevo volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
The Valle Nuevo volcanic field, north of the San Juan Los Pozos fault, consists of late-Pliocene to late-Pleistocene age contains rocks of rhyolitic-to-basaltic composition (Wadge and Wooden, 1982).---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information