Jarellón

Jarellón is a caldera in the Andes, on the border between Bolivia and Chile which was discovered in 1975.[1]

It has a diametre of 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) and formed during the Pliocene, with one K-Ar date of 3.6 ± 0.1 million years ago. It has erupted dacite and rhyolite. The caldera and the associated stratovolcano of the same name are an important source of obsidian, which forms several large lava flows. This obsidian is known as the Laguna Blanca obsidian or Zapaleri obsidian.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Seelenfreund, Andrea; Pino, Mario; Glascock, Michael D.; Sinclaire, Carole; Miranda, Pedro; Pasten, Denisse; Cancino, Simón; Dinator, María Inés; Morales, José Roberto (March 2010). "Morphological and geochemical analysis of the Laguna Blanca/Zapaleri obsidian source in the Atacama Puna". Geoarchaeology. 25 (2): 245–263. doi:10.1002/gea.20306.


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