Ecuadorian Andes volcanism: A review of Late Pliocene to present activity

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Hall, M L ^a   Samaniego, P ^a   Le Pennec, J L ^a,b   Johnson, J B ^a,c  

^a ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

diverse arc magmatism; Ecuador volcanism; Northern Andes

Indexed keywords

DIVERSE ARC MAGMATISM; ECUADOR; ECUADOR VOLCANISM; NORTHERN ANDES;

VOLCANOES;

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; MAGMATISM; PLIOCENE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ANDES; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 51349095020     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

References (76)

1. Andrade D., Eissen J.-P., Bourdon E., Monzier M., Beate B., and Hidalgo S. Diferencias petrograficas y geoquimicas en las lavas del Complejo Volcanico Pululahua. Investigaciones en Geociencias vol. 1 (2004) 53-56
2. 2 emissions. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 176 (2008) 151-162 (this issue)
3. Aspden J.A., and Litherland M. The geology and Mesozoic collisional history of the Cordillera Real, Ecuador. Tectonophysics 205 (1992) 187-204
4. Barba D., Robin C., Samaniego P., and Eissen J.P. Holocene recurrent explosive activity at Chimborazo Volcano (Ecuador). J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 176 (2008) 27-35 (this issue)
5. Barberi F., Coltelli M., Ferrara G., Innocenti F., Navarro J.M., and Santacroce R. Plio-Quaternary volcanism in Ecuador. Geol. Mag. 125 (1988) 1-14
6. Barberi F., Coltelli M., Frullani A., Rosi M., and Almeida E. Chronology and dispersal characterisitics of recently (last 5000 years) erupted tephra of Cotopaxi (Ecuador): implications for long-term eruptive forecasting. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 69 (1995) 217-239
7. Barragán R., Geist D., Hall M., Larson P., and Kurz M. Subduction controls on the compositions of lavas from the Ecuadorian Andes. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 154 (1998) 153-166
8. Beate B. The Chalupas ignimbrite. Abs. IAVCEI General Assembly, New Mexico. New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, Bull (1989) 131
9. Bernard B., van Wyk de Vries B., Barba D., Leyrit H., Robin C., Alcaraz S., and Samaniego P. The Chimborazo sector collapse and debris avalanche: deposit characteristics as evidence of emplacement mechanisms. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 176 (2008) 36-43 (this issue)
10. Bourdon E., Eissen J.-P., Gutscher M.-A., Monzier M., Samaniego P., Robin C., Bollinger C., and Cotten J. Slab melting and slab melt metasomatism in the Northern Andean Volcanic Zone: adakites and high-Mg andesites from Pichincha volcano (Ecuador). Bull. Soc. Géol. France 173 (2002) 195-206
11. Bourdon E., Eissen J.-P., Monzier M., Robin C., Martin H., Cotten J., and Hall M.L. Adakite-like Lavas from Antisana Volcano (Ecuador): Evidence for slab melt metasomatism beneath the Andean Northern Volcanic Zone. J. Petrol. 43 (2002) 199-217
12. Bourdon E., Eissen J.-P., Gutscher M.-A., Monzier M., Hall M.L., and Cotten J. Magmatic response to early aseismic ridge subduction: the Ecuadorian margin case (South America). Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 205 (2003) 123-138
13. Bourdon E., Samaniego P., Monzier M., Robin C., Eissen J.-P., and Martin H. Dubious case of slab melting in the Northern volcanic zone of the Andes: comments and reply. Geology (2004) e46-e47 (Online Forum)
14. Bryant J.A., Yogodzinski G.M., Hall M.L., Lewicki J.L., and Bailey D.G. Geochemical constraints on the origin of volcanic rocks from the Andean Northern Volcanic Zone, Ecuador. J. Petrol (2006) 10.1093/petrology/eg1006
15. Carn S.A., Krueger A.J., Arellano S., Krotkoz N.A., and Yang K. Daily monitoring of Ecuadorian volcanic degassing from space. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 176 (2008) 141-150 (this issue)
16. Chiaradia M., Fontbote ́ L., and Beate B. Cenozoic continental arc magmatism and associated mineralization in Ecuador. Miner. Depos. 39 (2004) 204-222
17. CODIGEM-BGS, 1993. Mapa Geológico del Ecuador, Escala 1:1,000,000, Quito. CODIGEM and British Geological Survey cooperative program, Quito.
18. Collot J.-Y., Marcaillou B., Sage F., Michaud F., Agudelo W., Charvis P., Graindorge D., Gutscher M.-A., and Spence G. Are rupture zone limits of great subduction earthquakes controlled by upper plate structures? Evidence from multichannel seismic reflection data acquired across the northern Ecuador-southwest Colombia margin. J. Geophys. Res. 109 (2004) B11103 10.1029/2004JB003060
19. Ego F., Sébrier M., Lavenu A., Yepes H., and Egues A. Quaternary state of stress in the Northern Andes and the restraining bend model for the Ecuadorian Andes. Tectonophysics 259 (1996) 101-116
20. Egüez A., Alvarado A., Yepes H., Machette M.N., Costa C., and Dart R.L. Database and Map of Quaternary faults and folds of Ecuador and its offshore regions. U.S. Geol. Surv. Open-File Rept. (2003) 03-289
21. Feininger T., and Seguin M.K. Simple Bouguer gravity anomaly field and the inferred crustal structure of continental Ecuador. Geology 11 (1983) 40-44
22. Garcia-Aristizabal A., Kumagai H., Samaniego P., Mothes P., Yepes H., and Monzier M. Seismic, petrologic, and geodetic analyses of the 1999 dome-forming eruption of Guagua Pichincha volcano, Ecuador. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 161 (2007) 333-351 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.12.007
23. Garrison J.M., and Davidson J.P. Dubious case for slab melting in the Northern volcanic zone of the Andes. Geology 31 (2003) 565-568
24. Garrison J., Davidson J., Reid M., and Turner S. Source versus differentiation controls on U-series disequilibria: Insights from Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 244 (2006) 548-565
25. Guillier B., Chatelain J.L., Jaillard E., Yepes H., Poupinet G., and Fels J.F. Seismological evidence on the geometry of the orogenic system in central-northern Ecuador (South-America). Geophys. Res. Lett. 28 (2001) 3749-3752
26. Gutscher M.-A., Malavieille J., Lallemand S., and Collot J.-Y. Tectonic segmentation of the North Andean margin: impact of the Carnegie Ridge collision. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 168 (1999) 255-270
27. Hall M.L., and Wood C.A. Volcano-tectonic segmentation of the northern Andes. Geology 13 (1985) 203-207
28. Hall M.L., and Beate B. El Volcanismo Plio-Cuaternario en los Andes del Ecuador. El Paisaje Volcánico de la Sierra Ecuatoriana, Corp. Edit. Nac., Quito (1991) 5-18
29. Hall M., and Mothes P. Chacana Caldera - the largest rhyolitic eruptive center in the northern Andes. Abs. Memorias IAVCEI Mtg, México (1997) 14
30. Hall M., and Mothes P. The rhyolitic-andesitic eruptive history of Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador. Bull. Volcanol 70 (2008) 675-702
31. Hall M.L., and Mothes P.A. Quilotoa volcano - Ecuador: an overview of the young dacitic volcanism in a lake-filled caldera. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 176 (2008) 44-55 (this issue)
32. Hall M.L., Robin C., Beate B., Mothes P., and Monzier M. Tungurahua Volcano, Ecuador: structure, eruptive history and hazards. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 91 (1999) 1-21
33. Hall M., Ramón P., Mothes P., Le Pennec J.L., García A., Samaniego P., and Yepes H. Volcanic eruptions with little warning: the case of Volcán Reventador's surprise November 3, 2002 eruption, Ecuador. Rev. Geol. Chile 31 (2004) 349-358
34. Hammersley, L. 2003. The Chalupas caldera. PhD Dissertation. Univ. California, Berkeley.
35. Hammersley L., and DePaolo D. Oxygen isotope evidence for the role of crustal contamination in the evolution of the Chalupas caldera system, Northern Andes, Ecuador. Abst., AGU, San Francisco (2002)
36. Hidalgo S., Monzier M., Martin H., Chazot G., Eissen J.P., and Cotten J. Adakitic magmas in the Ecuadorian Volcanic Front: Petrogenesis of the Iliniza Volcanic Complex (Ecuador). J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 159 (2007) 366-392
37. Hidalgo S., Monzier M., Almeida E., Chazot G., Eissen J.P., van der Plicht J., and Hall M.L. Late Pleistocene and Holocene activity of Atacazo-Ninahuilca Volcanic Complex (Ecuador). J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 176 (2008) 16-26 (this issue)
38. Hoffer G., Eissen J.P., Beate B., Bourdon E., Fornari M., and Cotten J. Geochemical and petrological constraints on rear-arc magma genesis processes in Ecuador: the Puyo cones and Mera lavas volcanic formations. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 176 (2008) 107-118 (this issue)
39. Hughes R.A., and Pilatasig L.F. Cretaceous and Tertiary terrane accretion in the Cordillera Occidental of the Andes of Ecuador. Tectonophysics 345 (2002) 29-48
40. Jaillard E., Ordoñez M., Suarez J., Toro J., Iza D., and Lugo W. Stratigraphy of the late Cretaceous-Paleogene deposits of the Cordillera Occidental of central Ecuador: geodynamic implications. J. South Am. Earth Sci. 17 (2004) 49-58
41. Johnson J.B., and Lees J.M. Plugs and chugs - seismic and acoustic observations of degassing explosions at Karimsky, Russia, and Sangay, Ecuador. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 101 (2000) 67-82
42. Kellogg J.N., and Vega V. Tectonic development of Panama, Costa Rica, and the Columbian Andes: Constraints from global positioning system geodetic studies and gravity. Geologic and Tectonic Development of the Caribbean Plate Boundary in Southern Central America. Geol. Soc. America Special Paper (1995) 75-86
43. Lees J., and Ruiz M. Non-linear Explosion Tremor at Sangay Volcano, Ecuador. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 176 (2008) 170-178 (this issue)
44. Lees J., Johnson J., Ruiz M., Troncoso L., and Welsh M. Reventador Volcano 2005: Eruptive activity inferred from seismo-acoustic observation. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 176 (2008) 179-190 (this issue)
45. Legrand D., Villagomez D., Yepes H., and Calahorrano A. Multifractal dimension and b value analysis of the 1998-1999 Quito swarm related to Guagua Pichincha volcano activity, Ecuador. J. Geophys. Res. 109 (2004) B01307 10.1029/2003JB002572
46. Le Pennec J.L., Jaya D., Samaniego P., Ramón P., Moreno Yánez S., Egred J., and van der Plicht. The AD 1300-1700 eruptive periods at Tungurahua volcano, Ecuador, revealed by historical narratives, stratigraphy and radiocarbon dating. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 176 (2008) 70-81 (this issue)
47. Lonsdale P. Creation of the Cocos and Nazca plates by fission of the Farallon plate. Tectonophysics 404 (2005) 237-264
48. Lonsdale P., and Klitgord K.D. Structure and tectonic history of the eastern Panama Basin. Geol. Soc. America Bull. 89 (1978) 981-999
49. Molina I., Kumagai H., Le Pennec J.L., and Hall M. Three-dimensional P-wave velocity structure of Tungurahua volcano, Ecuador. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 147 (2005) 144-156
50. Molina I., Kumagai H., García-Aristizabal A., Nakano M., and Mothes P. Source process of very-long-period events accompanying long-period signals at Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 176 (2008) 119-133 (this issue)
51. Monzier M., Robin C., Hall M.L., Cotten J., Mothes P., Eissen J.-P., and Samaniego P. Les adakites d'Équateur: modèle préliminaire. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 324 (1997) 545-552
52. Monzier M., Robin C., Samaniego P., Hall M.L., Cotten J., Mothes P., and Arnaud N. Sangay volcano, Ecuador: structural development, present activity and petrology. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 90 (1999) 49-79
53. Mothes P., and Hall M.L. The Plinian Fallout Associated with Quilotoa's 800 y BP Eruption, Ecuadorian Andes. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 176 (2008) 56-69 (this issue)
54. Mothes P., Hall M., and Janda R. The enormous Chillos valley lahar: an ash-flow-generated debris flow from Cotopaxi volcano, Ecuador. Bull. Volcanol. 59 (1998) 233-244
55. Mothes P., Hall M.L., Andrade D., Samaniego P., Pierson T.C., Ruiz A.G., and Yepes H. Character, stratigraphy and magnitude of Historical lahars of Cotopaxi volcano (Ecuador). Acta Vulcanológica 16 (2004) 85-108
56. NRC-NAS. The March 5, 1987 Ecuador Earthquakes - mass wasting and socioeconomic effects. Nat. Research Council of the Nat. Acad. Sci. Studies in Natural Disasters vol. 5 (1991) 163 pp.
57. Padrón E., Hernandez P., Toulkeridis T., Pérez N., Marrero R., Melián G., Virgili G., and Notsu K. Diffuse CO2 emission rate from Pululahua and the lake-filled Cuicocha calderas, Ecuador. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 176 (2008) 163-169 (this issue)
58. Pedoja K., Dumont J.F., Lamonthe M., Ortlieb L., Collot J.Y., Ghaleb B., Auclair M., Alvarez V., and Labrousse B. Plio-Quaternary uplift of the Manta Peninsula and La Plata Island and the subduction of the Carnegie Ridge, central coast of Ecuador. J. South Am. Earth Sci. 22 (2006) 1-21
59. Pennington W.D. Subduction of the eastern Panama Basin and seismotectonics of northwestern South America. J. Geophys. Res. 86 (1981) 10753-10770
60. Pilger R.H. Cenozoic plate kinematics, subduction and magmatism: South American Andes. J. Geol. Soc. London 141 (1984) 793-802
61. Reynaud C., Jaillard E., Lapierre H., Mamberti M., and Mascle G. Oceanic plateau and island arcs of southwestern Ecuador: their place in the geodynamic evolution of northwestern South America. Tectonophysics 307 (1999) 235-254
62. Ridolfi F., Puerini M., Renzulli A., Menna M., and Toulkeridis T. The magmatic feeding system of El Reventador volcano (Sub-Andean zone, Ecuador) constrained by texture, mineralogy and thermobarometry of the 2002 erupted products. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 176 (2008) 94-106 (this issue)
63. Robin C., Hall M., Jimenez M., Monzier M., and Escobar P. Mojanda volcanic complex (Ecuador): development of two adjacent contemporaneous volcanoes with contrasting eruptive styles and magmatic suites. J. South Am. Earth Sci. 10 (1997) 345-359
64. Robin C., Samaniego P., Le Pennec J.L., Mothes P., and van der Plicht J. Late Holocene phases of dome growth and Plinian activity at Guagua Pichincha volcano (Ecuador). J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 176 (2008) 7-15 (this issue)
65. Robin, C., Eissen, J.P., Samaniego, P., Martin, H., Hall, M., Cotten, J., in press. Evolution of the late Pleistocene Mojanda--Fuya Fuya volcanic complex (Ecuador), by progressive adakitic involvement in mantle magma sources. Bull. Volcanol. doi:10.1007/s00445-008-0219-9.
66. Ruiz, A., 2003. Estudio geovolcanológico del complejo volcánico Imbabura. Dissert. Inédita. Facultad Geología, Esc. Politécn. Nac., Quito, 150 p.
67. Ruiz M., Guillier B., Chatelain J.L., Yepes H., Hall M., and Ramon P. Possible causes for the seismic activity observed in Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador. Geophys. Res. Lett. 25 (1998) 2305-2308
68. Ruiz M., Lees J., and Johnson J. Source constraints of Tungurahua volcano explosion events. Bull. Volcanol (2005) 10.1007/s00445-005-0023-8
69. Samaniego P., Monzier M., Robin C., and Hall M.L. Late Holocene eruptive activity at Nevado Cayambe Volcano, Ecuador. Bull. Volcanol. 59 (1998) 451-459
70. Samaniego P., Martin H., Robin C., and Monzier M. Transition from calc-alkalic to adakitic magmatism at Cayambe volcano, Ecuador: Insights into slab melts and mantle wedge interactions. Geology 30 (2002) 967-970
71. Samaniego P., Martin H., Monzier M., Robin C., Fornari M., Eissen J.-P., and Cotten J. Temporal evolution of magmatism at Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes: the geology and petrology of Cayambe volcanic complex (Ecuador). J. Petrology 46 (2005) 2225-2252
72. Samaniego P., Eissen J.P., Le Pennec J.L., Robin C., Hall M.L., Mothes P., Chavrit D., and Cotten J. Pre-eruptive physical conditions of El Reventador volcano (Ecuador), inferred from the petrology of the 2002 and 2004-05 eruptions. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 176 (2008) 82-93 (this issue)
73. Stinton A., and Sheridan M. Implications of long-term changes in valley geomorphology on the behavior of small-volume pyroclastic flows. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 176 (2008) 134-140 (this issue)
74. Spikings R., Winkler W., Seward D., and Handler R. Along strike variations in the thermal and tectonic response of the continental Ecuadorian Andes to the collision with heterogeneous oceanic crust. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 186 (2001) 57-73
75. White S., Trenkamp R., and Kellogg J. Recent crustal deformation and the earthquake cycle along the Ecuador-Colombia subduction zone. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 216 (2003) 231-242
76. Witt C., Bourgois J., Michaud F., Ordoñez M., Jimenez N., and Sosson M. Development of the Gulf of Guayaquil (Ecuador) during the Quaternary as an effect of the North Andean block tectonic escape. Tectonics 225 (2006) TC3017 10.1029/2004TC001723