Shaded Elevation Map of the Valles Caldera Target Name:   Earth, Earth's Volcanos Produced by:   Calvin J. Hamilton Copyright:  © Calvin J. Hamilton (Publisher Permission Request)

• Resurgent Calderas and the Valles Caldera

The lowlands (blue) are within the Rio Grande rift; the Jemez volcanic field (with the circular depression in the middle) sits astride the western rift boundary. The green patch immediately east of the Jemez volcanic field is the Cerros del Rio, a mid-rift basaltic volcanic field.

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