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Geological History
Mount Pinatubo is located at the plate boundaries
between Eurasian Plate and Philippines plate. It has two
distinct
Ancestral
was a
partsPinatubo
eruptive history.
The modern Pinatubo is
stratovolcano made
ofandesiteanddacite. It
was centered where the
modern Pinatubo
currently stands. It may
have risen as high as
7,550 ft (2300 m) above
sea level at one time.
Remains of a 2.2 by 2.8
mile (3.5 by 4.5 km)
widecaldera from the
old Pinatubo are still
standing in the area
Petrology
Dacite
an intermediet igneous
rock that composed of
plagioclasefeldspar
withbiotite,hornblende,
andpyroxene.
Andesite / Basaltic
andesite
usually found in lava
flows produced by
statovolcanoes. It has
fine-grained, extrusive
igneous rocksthat are
usually light to dark gray
in color. composed
essentially of plagioclase
Basalt / Picro-basalt
a dark-colored, finegrained,composed mainly
of plagioclase and
pyroxene. Commonly
forms as an extrusive
rock, such as a lava flow,
but can also form in small
intrusive bodies, such as
an igneous dike or a thin
sill
Pumice
a light-colored, extremely
porousigneous rocksthat
forms duringexplosive
volcanic eruption.
References
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Lagmay A M F, Rodolfo K S, Siringan F P, Remotigue C, Zamora
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http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/1997/fs113-97/fs113-97.pdf
http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/pinatubo
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