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Parícutin (or Volcán de Parícutin, also accented Paricutín) is a cinder cone volcano located in the Mexican state of Michoacán, near the city of Uruapan and about 322 kilometers (200 mi) west of Mexico City. The volcano surged suddenly from the cornfield of local farmer Dionisio Pulido in 1943, attracting both popular and scientific attention.
It is a volcanic field that takes the form of a large cinder cone field, with numerous shield volcanoes and maars. Pico de Tancítaro (3860 m) is the highest peak. The volcanic field is best known for the 18th-century eruption of Jorullo volcano, and 20th-century eruption of Parícutin volcano.
Notable volcanoes in Mexico include Popocatépetl, one of the country's most active and dangerous volcanoes, Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltépetl), the highest peak in Mexico, and Parícutin, a cinder cone volcano that famously emerged from a cornfield in 1943. Mexican volcanoes play a significant role in the country's geography, climate, and culture ...
Parícutin, the Mexican cinder cone which was born in a cornfield on February 20, 1943, and Sunset Crater in Northern Arizona in the US Southwest are classic examples of cinder cones, as are ancient volcanic cones found in New Mexico's Petroglyph National Monument.
Such cinder cones likely represent the final stages of activity of a mafic volcano. [11] However, most volcanic cones formed in Hawaiian-type eruptions are spatter cones rather than cinder cones, due to the fluid nature of the lava. [12] The most famous cinder cone, Paricutin, grew out of a corn field in Mexico in 1943 from a new vent. [3]
She and her research teams have studied plant life in the volcano’s blast zone and avalanche flows since its cataclysmic eruption. Renowned scientist returns to Mount St. Helens year after year ...
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