The Cerro Aguas Calientes caldera, NW Argentina: An example of a tectonically controlled, polygenetic collapse caldera, and its regional significance

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 194, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 15-26

  Petrinovic, I A ^a   Marti J ^b   Aguirre Diaz G J ^c   Guzman S ^e   Geyer, A ^d   Paz, N Salado ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING CIMNE   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Central Andes; Collapse caldera; Ignimbrites; Puna; Transpression

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; CENOZOIC; CENTRAL ANDES; ELLIPTICAL CALDERAS; ELLIPTICAL SHAPES; ERUPTION MECHANISMS; ERUPTION VOLUME; IGNIMBRITES; KINEMATIC MODEL; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL SETTING; TECTONIC SETTINGS; TRANSPRESSION;

KINEMATICS;

TECTONICS;

BATHOLITH; CALDERA; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; DACITE; IGNIMBRITE; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSPRESSION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; PUNA;

EID: 77953696188     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.04.012     Document Type: Article

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