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Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-07966

The Acatlán Ignimbrite covers 150 km2. It is compositionally zoned, grading from a white-or-pink colored basal rhyolitic tuff to a black upper andesitic tuff.  The upper andesitic tuff is welded in the western part of the deposit, with the degree of welding increasing towards the top. Photo by Jim Luhr, 1983 (Smithsonian Institution).

The Acatlán Ignimbrite covers 150 km2. It is compositionally zoned, grading from a white-or-pink colored basal rhyolitic tuff to a black upper andesitic tuff. The upper andesitic tuff is welded in the western part of the deposit, with the degree of welding increasing towards the top.

Photo by Jim Luhr, 1983 (Smithsonian Institution).

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Acatlán Volcanic Field