West Texas Volcanoes

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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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/Fi... 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.