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Are the Jemez Mountains/Valles Caldera a volcano?

April 26, 2017Caldera jemez mountains valles volcano

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Are the Jemez Mountains/Valles Caldera a volcano?

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The Jemez Mountains are, more precisely, a “massive pile of a variety of lava types sitting atop an immense geologic X formed by two fundamental cracks in the earth” (Martin). The Valles Caldera is located in the middle of this lava field.