Pabellón de Inca
20°55′S 68°37′W / 20.917°S 68.617°W[1] Pabellón de Inca is a volcano in Chile. Located in the Tarapacá Region, it rises 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) above the basement.[1]
Volcanic activity in the region during the
Formation, about 45 million years ago. After a pause of about 33 million years, volcanic activity resumed during the Miocene and continues to the present day. The volcanism included the Uijna and Carcote ignimbrites and the stratovolcanoes on the border between Chile and Bolivia.[2]
Together with
Lava flows and craters are no longer recognizable but the volcano maintains a conical shape.[4] Other volcanoes in the area are El Rojo Sur[5] and Olca-Paruma.[6] Pabellón de Inca is not active.[1]
Pabellón de Inca, Irruputuncu and Poruñita have erupted andesite and dacite. They contain hornblende and pyroxene.[3]
The tree Polylepis tarapacana is found on Pabellón de Inca.[6]
References
- ^ SERNAGEOMIN (in Spanish). Archived from the original(PDF) on 2015-11-25.
- ^ Gardeweg et al. 2009, p. 1.
- ^ .
- ^ Gardeweg et al. 2009, p. 2.
- ISSN 0716-0208.
- ^ a b "flora de collahuasi Chile)". www.chlorischile.cl. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
Sources
- Gardeweg, M.; Selles, D.; Arcos, R.; Pino, H; Camacho, J.; Sprohnle, C.; Sanhueza, A.; Mont, A. (26 November 2009). "Volcanismo del Cenozoico tardío al este de Collahuasi, Región de Tarapacá, Chile" (PDF). 12th Chilean Geological Congress (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 25, 2015.
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