Morfometría, estratigrafía, petrografía y geoquímica del cono de escoria El Morro, municipio La Argentina(Huila, Colombia)

Abstract

This work is a contribution to the geological knowledge of El Morro eruptive center (CEM), located in the State of Huila (Colombia), by means of the morphometric analysis of the edifice, stratigraphic survey of pyroclastic deposits, and petrographic and geochemical analysis of juvenile clasts. The pyroclastic deposits were characterized in terms of the geometry of the layers, textural and granulometric variations, mineralogy, and whole-rock chemistry. The CEM is a simple and well-preserved scoria cone, and thus it is considered young.