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Analogs for Planetary Exploration
Author(s)
W. Brent Garry;
W. Brent Garry
Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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Jacob E. Bleacher
Jacob E. Bleacher
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Planetary Geodynamics Lab, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
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Geological Society of America

Volume
483
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© 2011 Geological Society of America
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ISBN print:
9780813724836
Publication date:
December 01, 2011
Book Chapter
Field exercises in the Pinacate volcanic field, Mexico: An analog for planetary volcanism
Author(s)
David A. Williams
1 School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Bateman Physical Sciences Building F686, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, USA
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David A. Williams
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Sarah A. Fagents
2 Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology/School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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Sarah A. Fagents
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Ronald Greeley
1 School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Bateman Physical Sciences Building F686, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, USA
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Ronald Greeley
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John F. McHone
1 School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Bateman Physical Sciences Building F686, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, USA
John F. McHone
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Published:December 01, 2011
The Pinacate volcanic field is ~330 km SSW of Phoenix, and it is a popular destination for volcanology and planetary geology field trips. The volcanic field, located on the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve in Sonora, Mexico, is a 1500 km2 basaltic field including a shield volcano, lava tubes, maars, a tuff cone, cinder cones, pāhoehoe and ‘a‘ā lava flows as young as 12 ka, and phreatomagmatic constructs as young as 32 ka. We developed an image-based set of exercises for a 2 day field trip focusing on (1) Crater Elegante, a maar crater, (2) pāhoehoe and ‘a‘ā flows near Tecolote...
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