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dc.contributor.authorHolm, Richard F.
dc.contributor.authorWade, William J.
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-05T20:41:16Z
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dc.date.issued2024-02-29
dc.identifier.citationHolm, R.F. and Wade, W.J., 2024, Cone Morphology, Volcanic Deposits, and Eruption and Deposition Mechanisms at Red Mountain, Northern Arizona. Arizona Geological Survey Contributed Report, CR-24-A, 19 p.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/671107
dc.descriptionRed Mountain is a composite tuff cone in the San Francisco volcanic field in northern Arizona; its morphology is unique. A large amphitheater-like valley cuts deep into the northeast side, exposing over 900 feet of firmly cemented tuffs. A large breach penetrates the west side. The slopes of the cone are concave, reflecting bedding dips that flatten from the summit to the base. The cone height to basal width ratio is 28 % smaller than the ratios of young, fresh cinder cones. The tuffs are grouped into two lithologic types: (1) palagonitic lapilli tuffs and thin fine-ash tuffs, and (2) scoriaceous lapilli tuffs. Groups 1. and 2. are interlayered in beds centimeters to decimeters to meters thick. Outcrop textures, structures, sorting, bedding characteristics, and colors indicate that group 1 tuffs originated by hydromagmatic steam explosions, and deposition by wet base surges and fallout from ash clouds. Group 2 tuffs originated by Strombolian blasts and ballistic-fall deposition. The eruption occurred during the middle Pleistocene (0.740+/-110 Ma), concurrent with a cold period when the water table could have been high, perhaps in the cavernous Kaibab Formation. Here, Strombolian blasts could have been followed quickly by resupply of ground water for steam explosions. The amphitheater’s origin is ambiguous. Erosion is the simplest explanation.en_US
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dc.publisherArizona Geological Survey (Tucson, AZ)en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesArizona Geological Survey Contributed Reporten_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://library.azgs.arizona.edu/en_US
dc.rightsArizona Geological Survey. All rights reserved.en_US
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dc.subjectRed Mountainen_US
dc.subjectvolcanologyen_US
dc.subjectvolcanic eruptionsen_US
dc.subjectgeomorphologyen_US
dc.subjectnorthern Arizonaen_US
dc.subjectgeochemistryen_US
dc.subjectcomposite volcanoen_US
dc.subjectVolcanic ash, tuff, etc. -- Arizona -- Coconino County.en_US
dc.subjectSan Francisco Volcanic Fielden_US
dc.titleCone Morphology, Volcanic Deposits, and Eruption and Deposition Mechanisms at Red Mountain, Northern Arizonaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentNorthern Arizona Universityen_US
csdgm.bounding.west35.24768366235605, -112.50186675924878en_US
csdgm.bounding.east35.19274822447731, -110.9481473510868en_US
csdgm.bounding.north35.79881565052138, -111.77160683969382en_US
csdgm.bounding.south34.92815425496206, -111.68548571866557en_US
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