Are there volcanoes in Texas?

Explore the volcanoes of West Texas with geologist Dr. Don Parker and the University of Texas at Dallas’s Geoscience Studios team and learn about the massive volcanic field that once existed in the Big Bend region.

This video introduces the extinct volcanoes of far West Texas, which were active between 17 and 47 million years ago and have since been eroded so they are no longer spectacular and are easy to overlook if you’re not looking for the evidence that they once existed. The video explains some of the stories that these rocks tell and is aimed at interested non-experts. Comments and questions are always appreciated!

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Credits

Written by: Don Parker, Zach Clowdus, and R. J. Stern
Directed by: R. J. Stern
Narration: Don Parker and Alessandra Sealander
Editing: Zach Clowdus
Filming: Zach Clowdus and Garrett Sullivan
Art: Clinton Crowley

Music: “Pickup Truck by Silent Partner
Pyroclastic Flow Animation: Sean Dollins
https://vimeo.com/89465085
Fine Grained Ash Image: https://www.sandatlas.org/tuff/
Crater Lake Image: By Wiki User Arcataroger https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crater_Lake_from_Watchman_Lookout.jpg
Lava Video: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) [Public Domain]

Reference

Parker, Don F., 2019. Generation of Alkalic Flood Rhyolite: Insights from Evolution of the Paisano Volcano, Davis Mountains, Trans-Pecos Texas, U.S.A. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, vol. 374, 2019, pp. 120–130., doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.02.016.

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