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Last eruption. 3250 BCE ± 500 years [4] The Carrizozo volcanic field is a monogenetic volcanic field located in New Mexico, US. The volcanic field consists of two lava flows, the Broken Back flow and the Carrizozo lava flow (Carrizozo Malpais), the second youngest in New Mexico. [5] Both lava flows originated from groups of cinder cones.
- 1,565 to 1,730 m (5,135 to 5,676 ft)
- volcanic field
- 3250 BCE ± 500 years
View of the Carrizozo lava flow from space. The 75-km- (50-mi-) long Carrizozo lava flow is located in south-central New Mexico in the Tularose Basin. Eruption began approximately 5,000 years ago, and after two to three decades at a relatively low effusion rate, 4.3 km 3 (1 mi 3) of basalt lava covered 330 km 2 (130 mi 2) of land.
The massive Carrizozo lava flow, which traveled 75 km down the Tularosa Basin of south-central New Mexico, is one of Earth's longest known Holocene lava flows. The youthful-looking flow originated from a broad low basaltic shield on the floor of the Tularosa Basin, east of the Rio Grande Rift, topped by Little Black Peak, a small cinder cone. The 4.2 km3 tube-fed pahoehoe flow covered 330 km2 ...
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Geological Overview. The Carrizozo flow field (Keszthelyi and Pieri, 1993) is 75 km long from the vent area to the distal margin in the Tularosa Valley (Zimbelman and Johnston, 2002). The entire flow covers ~330 km 2 to an estimated thickness of 10 to 15 m, for a total estimated erupted volume of ~4.3 km 3 (Allen, 1951).
The Carrizozo Lava Flow WSA is located in central New Mexico. This lava flow is believed to be one of the most recent lava flows in the continental United States, dating back 1,500 years. This is a flat plain but a rugged landscape nonetheless. The surface of the lava is extremely rough and broken by fractures, collapsed lava tubes, and ...
Active Hawaiian lava flow, 1988. The Carrizozo Malpais are a lava flow that formed by magma (molten rock) pouring out of a small crack in the earth's surface in a "Hawaiian-style" volcanic eruption. In Hawaii today, this type of eruption is very passive and is typically characterized by lava pouring from a small vent, and then travelling either ...
Carrizozo Malpais. The Carrizozo Malpais are one of the youngest volcanic features in the state of New Mexico. The Malpais, which are the 75 km-long black feature in the satellite image below, are basaltic lava flows, such as are being erupted today in Hawaii. For a high resolution version of the image, click here.
