Cotopaxi Volcano: rhyolites to andesites from 0.5 Ma to the present

Leaders: P. Mothes and M.L. Hall (IGEPN)

Dates: September 21th and 22th, 2019

Departure: September 21th at 08:00.

Field Trip nights included: September 21th

Notes: Nights of September 20th and 22th are included at the Mercure hotel (shared basis)

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Cotopaxi volcano is one of the most active and iconic stratovolcanoes of the Ecuadorian Andes. Its history covers more than 0.5 Ma and includes the rhyolitic explosive deposits of its Pleistocene volcanic history, including the (~200 ka, 100 km3 ) Chalupas ignimbrite. During this fieldtrip, we will also observe the eruptive products of the last 7000 ka, that includes rhyolitic tephra fallout and pyroclastic flow deposits, debris avalanche and lahar deposits, and the historical scoria flows and debris flows deposits.