Christmas Mountains caldera complex

The Christmas Mountains caldera complex is a caldera complex located in the Christmas Mountains in Big Bend National Park in western Texas.[1] It is the oldest such complex preserved in Texas[2] and is the type example of a laccocaldera[1] (eruptive laccolith[3]).

  1. ^ a b Henry, Christopher D.; Price, Jonathan G. (December 1, 1989). "The Christmas Mountains caldera complex, Trans-Pecos Texas". Bulletin of Volcanology. 52 (2): 97–112. doi:10.1007/BF00301549 – via Springer Link.
  2. ^ Henry, Christopher D.; Price, Jonathan G.; James, Eric W. (30 July 1991). "Mid-Cenozoic stress evolution and magmatism in the Southern Cordillera, Texas and Mexico: Transition from continental arc to intraplate extension". Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 96 (B8): 13545–13560. doi:10.1029/91JB00202.
  3. ^ Henry, Christopher D.; Price, J. G.; Miser, D. E. (1989). Geology and Tertiary igneous activity of the Hen Egg Mountain and Christmas Mountains quadrangles, Big Bend region, Trans-Pecos Texas. Report of Investigations. Vol. 183. University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology.