Valle Nuevo volcano
Volcanic field unknown
Dominican Republic, 18.83°N / -70.67°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5) | Reports
Valle Nuevo volcano books
Dominican Republic, 18.83°N / -70.67°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5) | Reports
Valle Nuevo volcano books
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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Valle Nuevo volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
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
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