Incapillo
Sign in to saveIncapillo is a Pleistocene-age caldera (a depression formed by the collapse of a volcano) in the La Rioja Province of Argentina. It is the southernmost volcanic centre in the Andean Central Volcanic Zone (CVZ) that erupted during the Pleistocene. Incapillo is one of several ignimbrite or caldera systems that, along with 44 active stratovolcanoes, comprise the CVZ.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Incapillo is referenced by 9 other articles, and connects out to Andean Volcanic Belt, andesite and rhyolite.
The entry is geolocated on the map in mountain_region, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Calderas of Argentina, Pleistocene calderas and Subduction volcanoes.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 5750
- Image
- Laguna Corona del Inca, 5400 msnm.JPG
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Geography and structure
- Geology
- Local
- Composition
- Climate, hydrology and vegetation
- Geologic history
- Notes
- References
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Incapillo is a Pleistocene-age caldera (a depression formed by the collapse of a volcano) in the La Rioja Province of Argentina. It is the southernmost volcanic centre in the Andean Central Volcanic Zone (CVZ) that erupted during the Pleistocene. Incapillo is one of several ignimbrite or caldera systems that, along with 44 active stratovolcanoes, comprise the CVZ.
Subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate is responsible for most of the volcanism in the CVZ. After activity in the volcanic arc of the western Maricunga Belt ceased six million years ago, volcanism commenced in the Incapillo region, forming the high volcanic edifices Monte Pissis, Cerro Bonete Chico and Sierra de Veladero. Later, a number of lava domes were emplaced between these volcanoes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Incapillo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations