Pine Canyon caldera complex
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The Pine Canyon Caldera Complex is a 6–7 km (3.7–4.3 mi)
intrusion, which tends to mean a partial crustal boundary of the Ouachita orogeny. This feature represents the largest intrusion, (24–38 km (15–24 mi), 1–4 km (0.62–2.49 mi) thick, 700–3,000 km3 (170–720 cu mi) in volume) in an area where laccoliths are ubiquitous in nature. This intrusion may represent a long-lived magma chamber (1 m.y.) that was replenished by smaller batches of magma that varied in viscosity.[1]
References
- doi:10.1130/B26150.1.