An exposure on the south flank of the Nevado de Toluca shows two debris flow deposits transformed from original flank failures of the volcano during the late Pleistocene. Debris avalanche and lahar deposits cover a broad area of about 500 km² to the south.

Photo by José Macías, (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México).

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Keywords: outcrop | geology | deposit | stratigraphy

Nevado de Toluca