Chela is a volcano in Chile that was active between 3.75±0.5 and 4.11±0.25 million years ago. It is constructed on top of the 5.4±0.3 million years old rhyolitic Carcote ignimbrite. Its eruption products are mafic andesites.[1][2] The volcano was degraded by glaciation but radial ridges and red-gray rocks as well as the uniform slopes indicate that it was a symmetric stratovolcano.[1] The Pleistocene snow line was located at 4,800 metres (15,700 ft) altitude[3] and moraines formed on the northern, western and southern flanks. Perhaps volcanically pre-formed cirques also developed.[4]
| Chela | |
|---|---|
  Chela | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,644 m (18,517 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 21°24′S 68°30′W / 21.400°S 68.500°W[1] |
| Geography | |
| Location | Chile |
Cerro Chela is located south of Aucanquilcha, from which it is separated by the Portezuelo Puquíos.[5] It forms a lineament with Cerro Carcote, Cerro Palpana, Miño Volcano and Volcan Las Cuevas that is oriented north-south.[2]
References
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- ^ a b Wörner, Gerhard; Hammerschmidt, Konrad; Henjes-Kunst, Friedhelm; Lezaun, Judith; Wilke, Hans (December 2000). "Geochronology (40Ar/39Ar, K-Ar and He-exposure ages) of Cenozoic magmatic rocks from Northern Chile (18-22°S): implications for magmatism and tectonic evolution of the central Andes". Revista Geológica de Chile. 27 (2): 205–240. ISSN 0716-0208. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- ^ Singh, R.B., ed. (1992). Dynamics of mountain geosystems. New Delhi: Ashish Pub. House. p. 165. ISBN 978-81-7024-472-1. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- ^ Jenny, Bettina; Kammer, Klaus (1996). Climate Change in den trockenen Anden (in German). Verlag des Geographischen Institutes der Universität Bern. p. 51. ISBN 3906151034.
- ^ Grunder, Anita L.; Klemetti, Erik W.; Feeley, Todd C.; McKee, Claire M. (12 August 2008). "Eleven million years of arc volcanism at the Aucanquilcha Volcanic Cluster, northern Chilean Andes: implications for the life span and emplacement of plutons". Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences. 97 (4): 417–418. doi:10.1017/S0263593300001541. S2CID 232151465.
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