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Table 4 Volcanic deposits found in the Ceboruco stratigraphic record associated with different volcanic phenomena

From: Ceboruco hazard map: part I - definition of hazard scenarios based on the eruptive history

Volcanic phenomena

Eruptive record

Data of Ceboruco volcanic deposits

Deposits of reference for simulations

#

Events

Units

Axis distribution

Lengths (km)

Area (km2)

Thickness

Tephra fallout

7

1870 eruption

1

NE

 

400

> 10 cm

1870 ash fall

Jala Plinian eruption

6

NE

 

560

> 50 cm

P1 unit

Lava flows

8

Andesitic composition

5

all directions (N-W-S)

4–12

5.3–10.5

10 m - 40 m

Ceboruco lava flow

Dacitic composition

3

7–7,7

7–23

60 m - 100 m

1870 lava flow

Pyroclastic flows

4

Jala Plinian eruption

4

N and SW

>  15

 

cm to m

P2 and P3 units

Pyroclastic surge

4

Jala Plinian eruption

3

N and SW

up to 20

 

cm

S2 unit

1870 eruption

1

N-NE

~  1

 

cm

S3 unit (Jala eruption)

Lahars

4

Hyperconcentrated

3

N and SW

up to 10

 

cm to m

All deposits (volume of main units)

Debris-flows

1

N and SW

 

cm to m