Cobre Ridge caldera

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Coordinates: 31°21′47″N 111°07′37″W / 31.363°N 111.127°W / 31.363; -111.127
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The Cobre Ridge caldera is a large Jurassic volcano in the U.S. state of Arizona. It formed about 170 million years ago when a VEI-8 eruption ejected more than 1,000 km3 (240 cu mi) of crystal-rich rhyodacite ignimbrite.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Facies analysis of an ancient, dismembered, large caldera complex and implications for intra-arc subsidence: Middle Jurassic strata of Cobre Ridge, southern Arizona, USA

External links[edit]

  • "Cobre Ridge". The Collapse Caldera Database.

31°21′47″N 111°07′37″W / 31.363°N 111.127°W / 31.363; -111.127

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