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DEPSITOS PIROCLSTICOS
DE CADA
(pyroclastic fall deposits)
DEPSITOS PIROCLSTICOS
DE FLUJO
(pyroclastic flow deposits)
 LAHARES

Mount Saint Helens, 1982

Mount Saint Helens, 1982

Popocatpetl, lahar de 2001

 Depsitos de lahar de aprox. 1000 aos
del Popocatpetl, cerca de Amecameca

Volcn Nevado de Ruiz, Colombia, noviembre de 1985

Nevado de Ruiz, Colombia, 1985 Nevado de Ruiz, Colombia, 1985

Nevado de Ruiz, Colombia, 1985 Nevado de Ruiz, Colombia, 1985

Nevado de Ruiz, Colombia, 1985 Nevado de Ruiz, Colombia, 1985

DEPSITOS DE AVALANCHA
DETRTICA
(debris avalanche deposit)

Nevado de Ruiz, Colombia, 1985

FLUJOS DE LAVA
(lava flows)
A lava tube at Lava Beds National Monument

Twin cones at Craters of the Moon National Monument, ID.

View to east. Pines and sage provide scale. Lava from left
crater continues down regional slope to the southeast.
Lava flow over road. South side of Big Island, Hawaii. 1994.
 Superficie de lava tipo
pahoehoe

Superficie de lava tipo AA

Three cinder cones serve as a backdrop for

Aa and pahoehoe lava flows in Hawaii. this pahoehoe lava flow in Haleakala Crater
in Haleakala National Park, Hawaii.

Edge
g of recent lava flow at Craters of the Moon
National Monument, ID. View to southeast. Note
both Aa and Pahoehoe flows. Soil has developed
on older lava that supports pine trees and
A lava flow associated with a volcanic vent and cinder cone
sagebrush. April 14, 1966.
that formed about 70-75000 years ago, SP crater, Arizona

Eroded lava flow and Little Colorado River

Lava-capped mesa by the Rio Grande southwest of Taos, NM.

View is to the southwest toward the Jemez Mountains in the
background. Note the difference in slope-wasting between the Lava-capped mesa over red Triassic shale of the Painted Desert near Dilkon, AZ.
north-facing and south-facing slopes. Image taken in 1966.
 Tipos de edificios volcnicos

Tertiary volcanic neck and Table Mesa along Hwy 666, 13 miles south of Shiprock, NM. View to the south.
Bennett Peak (6610 ft) and Ford Butte are visible in the distance; the Chuska Mountains are at the right
horizon.

Cono de escoria Laki, Islandia

Maar, Cerro Colorado, Campo Volcnico de Pinacate, Sonora Maars de Aljojuca y Tecuitlapa, cuenca de Oriental, Puebla
Volcn en escudo (Mauna Loa)

Volcn en escudo con cono de escoria en la cima (Teuhtli, Milpa Alta)

Campo Volcnico de Chichinutzin

Domo el Ombligo al interior del crter del Nevado de Toluca

PIEDEMONTES
VOLCNICOS

Tlloc, piedemonte NE