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Amboy Volcano | John Seach
California, USA
34.55 N, 115.78 W
summit elevation 288 m
Cinder cone
Amboy volcano covers an area of 70 sq km and contains mainly pahoehoe lava. Amboy crater is a prominant cinder cone in the NE of the lava field.
The lava fields at Amboy volcano were used as a test site for potential Mars Penetrators. The basaltic pahoehoe lava flows at Amboy are probably representative of the majority of the basalt flows on the surface of Mars.
Further Reading
Phillips, F.M., 2003. Cosmogenic 36Cl ages of Quaternary basalt flows in the Mojave Desert, California, USA. Geomorphology, 53(3-4), pp.199-208.
Greeley, R. and Bunch, T.E., 1976. Basalt models for the Mars penetrator mission: Geology of the Amboy lava field, California. NASA Technical memorandum.
Amboy Volcano Eruptions
6000 years ago.