Galán
Sign in to saveCerro Galán is a caldera in the Catamarca Province of Argentina. It is one of the largest exposed calderas in the world and forms part of the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes, one of the three volcanic belts found in South America. One of several major caldera systems in the Central Volcanic Zone, the mountain is grouped into the Altiplano–Puna volcanic complex.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Galán
- Mountain.photo
- Cerro Galan Landsat 8.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Galán viewed from space
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 6100
- Mountain.location
- Catamarca Province, Argentina
- Mountain.range
- Andes
- Mountain.map
- Argentina
- Mountain.relief
- 1
- Mountain.map_size
- 230
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Argentina
- Mountain.label_position
- right
- Mountain.type
- Caldera
- Mountain.age
- 2.08 ± 0.02 million years
- Mountain.last_eruption
- Unknown
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- Geography and geomorphology
- Local
- Hydrology and hydrothermal system
- Geology
- Composition
- Climate and biology
- Eruptive history
- Toconquis Group
- Galán ignimbrite
- Post-Galán volcanism
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
Cerro Galán is a caldera in the Catamarca Province of Argentina. It is one of the largest exposed calderas in the world and forms part of the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes, one of the three volcanic belts found in South America. One of several major caldera systems in the Central Volcanic Zone, the mountain is grouped into the Altiplano–Puna volcanic complex.
Volcanic activity at Galán is the indirect consequence of the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South America Plate, and involves the infiltration of melts into the crust and the formation of secondary magmas which after storage in the crust give rise to the dacitic to rhyodacitic rocks erupted by the volcano.