TY - CHAP
T1 - Field exercises in the Pinacate volcanic fi eld, Mexico
T2 - An analog for planetary volcanism
AU - Williams, David
AU - Fagents, Sarah A.
AU - Greeley, Ronald
AU - McHone, John F.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The Pinacate volcanic fi eld is ̃330 km SSW of Phoenix, and it is a popular destination for volcanology and planetary geology fi eld trips. The volcanic fi eld, located on the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve in Sonora, Mexico, is a 1500 km 2 basaltic fi eld including a shield volcano, lava tubes, maars, a tuff cone, cinder cones, pahoehoe and 'a'a lava fl ows as young as 12 ka, and phreatomagmatic constructs as young as 32 ka. We developed an image-based set of exercises for a 2 day fi eld trip focusing on (1) Crater Elegante, a maar crater, (2) pahoehoe and 'a'a fl ows near Tecolote Cone campground, (3) the complex eruptive history of Mayo (cinder) Cone, and (4) Cerro Colorado tuff cone. This paper discusses exercises to teach concepts in visible and radar image interpretation and planetary volcanology, and provides an overview of the fi eld trip.
AB - The Pinacate volcanic fi eld is ̃330 km SSW of Phoenix, and it is a popular destination for volcanology and planetary geology fi eld trips. The volcanic fi eld, located on the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve in Sonora, Mexico, is a 1500 km 2 basaltic fi eld including a shield volcano, lava tubes, maars, a tuff cone, cinder cones, pahoehoe and 'a'a lava fl ows as young as 12 ka, and phreatomagmatic constructs as young as 32 ka. We developed an image-based set of exercises for a 2 day fi eld trip focusing on (1) Crater Elegante, a maar crater, (2) pahoehoe and 'a'a fl ows near Tecolote Cone campground, (3) the complex eruptive history of Mayo (cinder) Cone, and (4) Cerro Colorado tuff cone. This paper discusses exercises to teach concepts in visible and radar image interpretation and planetary volcanology, and provides an overview of the fi eld trip.
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U2 - 10.1130/2011.2483(27)
DO - 10.1130/2011.2483(27)
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84866599957
SN - 9780813724836
T3 - Special Paper of the Geological Society of America
SP - 449
EP - 464
BT - Analogs for Planetary Exploration
PB - Geological Society of America
ER -