Genesis and evolution of the Cerro Prieto Volcanic Complex, Baja California, Mexico
related by: authorship_30712
related by: authorship_30714
has publication venue: Bulletin of Volcanology
freetext keyword: 40Ar/39Ar geochronology; Phreatic explosion; Sr-Nd-Pb isotopes; Volcanic stratigraphy argon-argon dating; geochronology; lava dome; lava flow; lead isotope; magma; neodymium isotope; stratigraphy; strontium isotope; volcano; Baja California [(STT) Mexico]; Cerro Prieto; Mexico [North America]
related by: authorship_30715
artnum: 44
type: Document
type: Continuant
type: Thing
crisid: 5075
related by: authorship_30705
related by: authorship_30707
related by: authorship_30708
date time value: article date 5075
origen: scopus
related by: authorship_30716
type: Entity
has funding vehicle: Comisión Federal de Electricidad, CFE
related by: authorship_30702
has funding vehicle: P17
related by: authorship_30710
most specific type: Document
volume: 79
e iscopus: 2-s2.0-85019370477
type: Article
related by: authorship_30711
related by: authorship_30713
most specific type: Article
related by: authorship_30709
estado: published
doi: 10.1007/s00445-017-1126-8
type: Generically Dependent Continuant
abstract: The Cerro Prieto Volcanic Complex (CPVC), located in northwestern Mexico, is the only surface manifestation of the Cerro Prieto Geothermal Field, the third largest producer of geothermal energy in the world. This geothermal field and the Salton Sea in the USA sit in a pull-apart basin that belongs to the trans-tensional tectonic zone that includes the San Andreas Fault system and the Salton Trough basin to the NW and the East Pacific Rise to the SE. In spite of its strategic importance in the generation of geothermal energy, the origin of Cerro Prieto and its relationship with the geothermal reservoir were unknown. In this contribution, we discuss the origin, evolution, and mechanisms of formation of this small monogenetic volcano and the magmas that fed the system. The volcanic complex is located on top of the Cerro Prieto left lateral fault to the northwest of the Cerro Prieto Geothermal Field. The complex consists of a lava cone and a series of domes (∼0.15 km3) protruding from Tertiary sandstones and recent unconsolidated sediments of the alluvial plain of the Colorado River. The Cerro Prieto Volcanic Complex consists of seven stratigraphic units emplaced in a brief time span around 78–81 ka. Its activity began with the extrusion of a dacitic lava that came into contact with water-saturated sediments, causing brecciation of the lava. The activity continued with the emplacement of dacitic domes and a dyke that were destroyed by a phreatic explosion emplacing a lithic-rich breccia. This phreatic explosion formed a 300-m-wide and 40-m-deep circular crater. The activity then migrated ∼650 m to the SW where three dacitic lava domes were extruded and ended with the emplacement of a fissure-fed lava flow. Subsequent remobilization of the rocks in the complex has generated debris and hyperconcentrated flow deposits interbedded with fluviatile sediments in the surrounding terrain. All rocks of the CPVC are dacites with phenocrysts of plagioclase, orthopyroxene, and Fe-Ti…
related by: authorship_30703
related by: authorship_30704
issue: 6
related by: authorship_30706
type: Information Content Entity

Entity
type: Class

Generically Dependent Continuant
type: Class

RDF description of Genesis and evolution of the Cerro Prieto Volcanic Complex, Baja California, Mexico - http://orbis.uaslp.mx/vivo/individual/scopus5074
rights: termsOfUse
date: 2026-08-26T23:50:42
publisher: vivo
type: Document

P17
type: Relationship
type: BFO_0000020
type: Entity
type: Thing
type: Grant
type: Continuant
funding vehicle for: Genesis and evolution of the Cerro Prieto Volcanic Complex, Baja California, Mexico

Article
type: Class

Document
type: Class

Comisión Federal de Electricidad, CFE
type: Relationship
type: BFO_0000020
type: Entity
type: Thing
type: Grant
type: Continuant
funding vehicle for: Genesis and evolution of the Cerro Prieto Volcanic Complex, Baja California, Mexico

Continuant
type: Class

Bulletin of Volcanology
type: Continuant
publication venue for: Genesis and evolution of the Cerro Prieto Volcanic Complex, Baja California, Mexico
type: Generically Dependent Continuant
type: Entity
type: Periodical
type: Collection
type: Journal
type: Thing
type: Information Content Entity
type: Document

Information Content Entity
type: Class