| Paricutin, Mexico is a volcano that grew from a
farmer’s cornfield. Farmers had been experiencing earthquakes prior
to the eruption. The eruption was a spectacular event that created a
initial cinder cone that grow to 36 m (1,100 feet) to a volcano with
extensive lava flows.
The eruption began in 1943 and ended in 1952.
Pyroclastic fragments of spheroidal bombs, lapilli, glassy cinders,
and ash were the main components of the cinder cone.
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Paricutin in 1946 showing the pyroclastic
materials being ejected from the vent. (USGS)
March, 1944 the cinder cone was a prominent
part of what was once a cornfield.
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