Lipman returned in the 1980s and again with other geologists in the 1990s. Each time they had newer, better equipment that allowed them to sleuth out more of La Garita's puzzle pieces. By 1996, geologists had mapped the La Garita caldera as a 20 mile by 50 mile oval. The Bandelier Tuff that marks the Valles Caldera is about 14 miles in diameter.
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It was my understanding that the volcano whose collapse formed the Valles Caldera soared to an estimated height greater than Mt Everest....
Los Alamos is on the eastern slope ....elevation 7000+ feet.
Info:Valles Caldera
Thanks.
It is a lovely area now.
Back in the day, it must have been rather noisy and dusty, then with massive snow falls and spring run offs.
I’ve always liked that guy, ever since his days running Pendant Publishing. Thanks Ernest, good links.