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Cordón del Azufre

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  • 25.336°S
  • 68.521°W

  • 5481 m
    17982 ft

  • 355121
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Eruptive History

The Global Volcanism Program is not aware of any Holocene eruptions from Cordón del Azufre. If this volcano has had large eruptions (VEI >= 4) prior to 10,000 years ago, information might be found on the Cordón del Azufre page in the LaMEVE (Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions) database, a part of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA).

Deformation History

There is data available for 1 deformation periods. Expand each entry for additional details.


Deformation during 1998 - 2011 [Uplift; Observed by InSAR]

Start Date: 1998 Stop Date: 2011 Direction: Uplift Method: InSAR
Magnitude: Unknown Spatial Extent: 40.00 km Latitude: -22.000 Longitude: -68.000

Remarks: Uplift centered at ""Lazufre"" region between Lastarria and Cordon del Azufre volcanoes. Deformation rate accelerated from 2 cm/yr to 3.5 cm/yr from 1998 to 2005, and has been constant from 2005 to 2011.

Figure (see Caption)

Stack of track 282 interferograms showing average LOS uplift at Lazufre between 1995 and 2011. Profiles along the approximate semi-major and semi-minor axis of the surface uplift pattern show the diameter of uplift varies between 50 and 70 km, with no evidence for a moat of subsidence.

From: Henderson and Pritchard 2013.


Reference List: Pritchard and Simons 2002; Pritchard and Simons 2004a; Froger et al. 2007; Ruch et al. 2009; Henderson and Pritchard 2013.

Full References:

Froger, J. L., D. Remy, S. Bonvalot, and D. Legrand, 2007. Two scales of inflation at Lastarria-Cordon del Azufre volcanic complex, central Andes, revealed from ASAR ENVISAT interferometric data. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 255, 148-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2006.12.012

Henderson, S. T., and M. E. Pritchard, 2013. Decadal volcanic deformation in the central Andes volcanic zone revealed by InSAR time series. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 14: 1358–1374. https://doi.org/10.1002.ggge.20074

Pritchard, M. E., and M. Simons, 2002. A satellite geodetic survey of large-scale deformation of volcanic centres in the central Andes. Nature, 418, 167-171. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature00872

Pritchard, M. E., and M. Simons, 2004. Surveying volcanic arcs with satellite interferometry: The central Andes, Kamchatka, and beyond. GSA Today, 14(8), 4-9. https://doi.org/10.1130/1052-5173(2004)014<4:SVAWSR>2.0.CO

Ruch J, A Manconi, G Zeni, G Solaro, A Pepe, M Shirzaei, T R Walter, R Lanari, 2009. Stress transfer in the Lazufre volcanic area, central Andes. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L22303. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009GL041276

Emission History

There is no Emissions History data available for Cordón del Azufre.

GVP Map Holdings

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Smithsonian Sample Collections Database

There are no samples for Cordón del Azufre in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.

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