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Image GVP-08254

Deposits of the Liberia Tuff are exposed in gullies SW of Rincon de la Vieja. The ignimbrite was emplaced about 1.6 million years ago and covered an area of 3,500-4,000 km2. Eruption of the 25 km3 ignimbrite was associated with formation of the 15-km-wide Guachipelín caldera, inside which the modern Rincón de la Vieja massif was constructed. Photo by Lee Siebert, 1998 (Smithsonian Institution).

Deposits of the Liberia Tuff are exposed in gullies SW of Rincon de la Vieja. The ignimbrite was emplaced about 1.6 million years ago and covered an area of 3,500-4,000 km2. Eruption of the 25 km3 ignimbrite was associated with formation of the 15-km-wide Guachipelín caldera, inside which the modern Rincón de la Vieja massif was constructed.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 1998 (Smithsonian Institution).

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Keywords: tuff | ignimbrite | deposit


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