22°45′S68°00′W / 22.750°S 68.000°W / -22.750; -68.000[1]Chaxas is a lava dome complex which has been the source of the 1.09±0.56 mya Chaxas ignimbrite in the Andes. The ignimbrite dips away from the domes and are partially younger than the Puripicar ignimbrite.[2][1]
The dome has a diameter of 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) and fills the vent area of the ignimbrite.[3] Licancabur volcano is constructed on top of this ignimbrite.[4] Some Inka ceramics are derived from the clay in this ignimbrite.[5]
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^ abCoira, B.; Kay, S. Mahlburg; Viramonte, J. (August 1993). "UPPER CENOZOIC MAGMATIC EVOLUTION OF THE ARGENTINE PUNA—A MODEL FOR CHANGING SUBDUCTION GEOMETRY". International Geology Review. 35 (8): 705. doi:10.1080/00206819309465552.
^GUEST, JOHN EDWARD (1969). "Upper Tertiary Ignimbrites in the Andean Cordillera of Part of the Antofagasta Province, Northern Chile". Geological Society of America Bulletin. 80 (3): 337. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1969)80[337:UTIITA]2.0.CO;2.
^Alden, John R.; Minc, Leah; Lynch, Thomas F. (April 2006). "Identifying the sources of Inka period ceramics from northern Chile: results of a neutron activation study". Journal of Archaeological Science. 33 (4): 575–594. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2005.09.015.
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