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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Tuzgle
Tuzgle volcano is located in the Puna Plateau, NW Argentina, shown in this July 2019 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 20 km across). The flanks are composed of lava flows radially emplaced from the summit, with the youngest flow on the SW and upper N and S flanks, and additional younger flows on the northern and E flanks. Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2019 (https://www.planet.com/).
Volcano Number:
355150
Volcano Name:
Tuzgle
Country:
Argentina
Volcano Type:
Stratovolcano
Elevation:
5486m
Tectonic Setting:
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
42
Pop. within 10km:
217
Pop. within 30km:
4740
Pop. within 100km:
22953
Latitude:
-24.0562
Longitude:
-66.479
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The Cerro Tuzgle stratovolcano is located in Argentina about 120 km E of the main volcanic arc of the central Andes. Many youthful-looking flank lava flows were erupted from the well-preserved summit crater. Schwab and Lippolt (1976) obtained a Potassium-Argon date of 0.1 million years ago on what they believed to be the youngest Tuzgle lava. However, de Silva and Francis (1991) and González-Ferrán (1995) considered the latest activity to be of Holocene age, and Coira and Kay (1993, Fig. 2B) placed the youngest flow at the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary. Activity began with the eruption of a rhyodacitic ignimbrite, followed by construction of a lava dome complex on the rim of an existing caldera. Andesitic lava flows covered much of the dome complex and later partially filled the crater. Several edifice-collapse events have occurred. The youngest flows were erupted on the SE and SW flanks.
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