Carrizozo volcanic field

Infobox Mountain
Name=Carrizozo Volcanic Field
Photo=
Caption=
Elevation= convert|1565|to|1730|m|ft|0|abbr=oncite web | title = Carrizozo, New Mexico | work = VolcanoWorld | url = http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/north_america/new_mexico/carrizozo.html | accessdate = 2008-08-15]
Location=New Mexico, USA
Range=
Prominence =
Coordinates = coord|33.7|N|106.0|W|type:mountain_region:CA
Topographic

Type= volcanic field
Volcanic_Arc/Belt= Rio Grande Rift [cite web | title = White Sands Geology | publisher = National Park Service | url = http://www.nps.gov/archive/whsa/Geology%20of%20White%20Sands/Chap01/Chap01%20Main.html | accessdate = 2008-08-15]
Age=
Last eruption= 5200 ± 700 years ago [cite web | title = Geochronology of the Carrizozo Malpais | work = NMBGMR Geologic Tour - Carrizozo Malpais | publisher = New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources | date = 2008-05-29 | url = http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/tour/landmarks/carrizozo/geochron.html | accessdate = 2008-08-15]
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Carrizozo volcanic field is a monogenetic volcanic field located in New Mexico, USA. The volcanic field consists of two lava flows, the Broken Back flow and Carrizozo lava flow. Both lava flows originated from groups of cinder cones. The Broken Back flow is approximately convert|16|km|mi|0|sp=us long and the Carrizozo, on of the largest in the world, is convert|68|km|mi|0|sp=us long, covering convert|328|km2|sqmi|0|sp=us with a volume of convert|4.2|km3|cumi|1|sp=us.

Notable Vents

ee also

*List of volcanoes in the United States of America

External links

* [http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/tour/landmarks/carrizozo/home.html NMBGMR Geologic Tour - Carrizozo Malpais]
* [http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/VolcanicPast/Places/volcanic_past_new_mexico.html America's Volcanic Past - New Mexico]
*VNUM|1=1210-01-|2=Carrizozo

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