Geomorphology of the Ampato volcanic complex (Southern Peru)

2016/02/16 by Jesús Alcalá-Reygosa, David Palacios, José Juan Zamorano Orózco · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Landslides and related hazards #Landform #Geology #Volcano #Geomorphology #Geologic map #Aerial photos #Glacial landform #Remote sensing #Physical geography #Cartography #Geography #Glacier #Paleontology #Moraine

paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/17445647.2016.1142479

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Abstract

Few detailed geomorphological maps of the Central Andes are available despite the wide diversity of landforms. We present a 1:20,000 geomorphological map of the Ampato volcanic complex resulting from the interpretation of vertical aerial photographs (1955), MrSID resolution satellite image and oblique aerial photographs (1943). To classify the relief, Simonov [(1972). Regional geomorphological analysis [in Russian]. Moscow: Mosk. Gos. Univ] criteria are combined with the International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC) method. The use of both techniques allows us to represent 35 landform types distributed over an area of 930 km2 and to identify the geomorphic processes involved in their morphogenesis.

Citations

• Ubinas: the evolution of the historically most active volcano in southern Peru
• Active Andean volcanism: its geologic and tectonic setting
• The c.2030yr BP Plinian eruption of El Misti volcano, Peru: Eruption dynamics and hazard implications
• Uplift of the Central Andean Plateau and bending of the Bolivian Orocline

Cited by

• Ampato [wikipedia]