Amealco tuff and its correlation with the Las Américas Formation through the Acambay graben, states of Mexico, Michoacán and Querétaro, Mexico

  • Gerardo J. Aguirre-Díaz Estación Regional del Centro, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 376, 36000 Guanajuato, Gto., México.
Keywords: Volcanism, ignimbrites, Amealco, México, Michoacán, Querétaro.

Abstract

The Las Américas Formation was first defined by Fries and coworkers in 1965, and consists of four ignimbrites that they named, from the oldest to the youngest, Primero, Segundo, Tercero, and Cuarto flows. These pyroclastic deposits are in the vicinity of Tlalpujahua, State of Michoacán, to the south of the Acambay graben… in order to continue, download the full paper in PDF.

 

Published
2019-02-16
Issue
Vol 12 No 1 (1995)
Section
Regular Papers

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