Following the eruption of the Chaitén volcano, a lahar destroyed much of the town of Chaitén.Aerial view of the peak of Mount Villarrica
Volcanism of Chile is a continuous volcanic process that has a strong influence on Chilean landscape, geology, economy and society. Volcanism constantly renews the Chilean landscape with lava flows, lava plateaus, lava domes, cinder cones, stratovolcanoes, shield volcanoes, submarine volcanoes, calderas, diatremes, and maars. Volcanism in Chile as well as in other parts of the world is also associated with multiple natural hazards such as lahars, earthquakes, pyroclastic flows, toxic gases and ash. Continental Chile has a high concentration of active volcanoes due to its location along the Peru–Chile Trench, a subduction zone where the Nazca and Antarctic Plates are driven beneath the South American Plate. Chile has been subject to volcanism since at least late Paleozoic when subduction along the western margin of South America began. Easter Island, Juan Fernández Islands and other oceanic islands of Chile are extinct volcanoes created by hotspots. The Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN) is the statutory agency of the Government of Chile which is responsible for volcano monitoring and hazard assessments.[1] SERNAGEOMIN runs a national Volcano Hazards Program, along with the Observatorio Volcanológico de Los Andes del Sur (OVDAS). The territories of Chile have 92 volcanoes that are considered potentially active,[2] 60 of which have had recorded eruptions in the last 450 years. The volcanoes with most recorded eruptions are:
VolcanismofChile is a continuous volcanic process that has a strong influence on Chilean landscape, geology, economy and society. Volcanism constantly...
(secondary coordinates) The Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program lists 105 volcanoes in Chile that have been active during the Holocene. The country's...
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Global Volcanism Program Stern, Charles R (December 2004). "Active Andean volcanism: its geologic and tectonic setting". Revista Geológica de Chile. 31 (2):...
strike-slip faulting and ofvolcanism from voluminous felsic eruptions to isolated stratovolcanoes and back-arc mafic volcanism. A slowdown in the subduction...
This timeline ofvolcanism on Earth includes a list of major volcanic eruptions of approximately at least magnitude 6 on the Volcanic explosivity index...
Valerio (1 May 2009). "Easter Island, SE Pacific: An end-member type of hotspot volcanism". GSA Bulletin. 121 (5–6): 869–886. Bibcode:2009GSAB..121..869V....
part of Red Nacional de Vigilancia Volcánica, a program of the Chilean National Geology and Mining Service to watch the 43 most dangerous volcanoes of Chile...
Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. "Menengai". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. "La Grille". Global Volcanism Program...
The geography ofChile is extremely diverse, as the country extends from a latitude of 17° South to Cape Horn at 56° and from the Pacific Ocean at its...
extends from the triple junction of the Nazca, Pacific, and Antarctic plates to the Southern coast ofChile. The Chile Ridge is easy to recognize on the...
Llaima volcanoes, Andes ofChile]. XV Congreso Geológico Chileno (in Spanish). Concepción, Chile. "Llaima". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution...
Guallatiri is a volcano in Chile with an elevation of 6,060 to 6,071 m (19,882 to 19,918 ft). It is located southwest of the Nevados de Quimsachata volcanic...
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Petrogenesis of low-silica volcanismof Pliocene to Quaternary age associated with the Altiplano-Puna Volcanic Complex of northern Chile (21°10′-22°50′S)"...
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