The Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes (CVZA) has been the focus of volcanological research for decades, becoming a very important site to understand a number of volcanic processes. Despite most of the research in the CVZA ...

Two main stages are distinguished in the evolution of the Diamante Caldera-Maipo volcano complex. The 'Diamante stage' corresponds to the emplacement of large volume rhyolitic ignimbrites associated with a 20×16 km diameter ...

The development of volcanology in Latin America is marked by a common regional scenario, with countries sharing borders, socio-cultural characteristics and facing similar scientific challenges. This scenario illustrates ...

Tephra layers in lake sediment cores are regularly used for tephrostratigraphy as isochronous features for dating and recording eruption frequencies. However, their value for determining volcanic eruption size and style ...

Misti volcano (16°18'S, 71°24'W and 5822 in elevation) is located 17 km from Arequipa (-800000 inhabitants). It is characterized by two concentric summit craters. The youngest one hold lava dome, 130m wide, with fumarolic ...

Situated in the Central Volcanic Zone (CVZ), southern Peru, Ubinas volcano (5672 m) is an active andesitic stratovolcano located 60 km east from Arequipa city. It is truncated in the upper part by a caldera 600 m in diameter. ...

The largest explosive eruption (volcanic explosivity index of 6) in historical times in the Andes took place in a.d. 1600 at Huaynaputina volcano in southern Peru. According to chronicles, the eruption began on February ...