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Cagua Volcano | John Seach
Cagayan Province, Philippines
18.22 N, 122.12 E
summit elevation 1133 m
stratovolcano
Cagua volcano is located in northern Luzon, Philippines. It is considered part of the Babuya segment because it falls within the N-S trend of the active volcanoes and is east of the trend of the Northern Luzon extinct volcanic centers.
Mt. Cagua is a calcalkaline basaltic and andesitic stratovolcano, which has been built up by at least three eruptive phases:
1) An effusive phase between 1.5 and 1.2 Million years ago.
2)
Emission of thick andesitic pyroclastic flows at approximately 670,000 years ago.
3)
Young ash flow deposits, deposits, some of which were phreatomagmatic in origin.
Further reading
Durkee, E.F. and Pederson, S.L., 1961. Geology of northern Luzon, Philippines. AAPG Bulletin, 45(2), pp.137-168.
Cagua Volcano Eruptions
1907, 1860