Futrono Fault

Futrono Fault is a NWW tending geological fault in Los Ríos Region, running from the northern shore of Ranco Lake through the areas immediately south of Maihue Lake.

The fault has a northwest-striking basement fault system composed of several prominent lineaments in the granitic basement of southern Chile. The fault forms part of the structural framework of the Carrán-Los Venados volcanic field and, together with the Liquiñe–Ofqui Fault Zone and subordinate trending fractures, is interpreted as exerting significant control on the distribution of volcanic vents and magma ascent.

References

  1. ↑ Bucchi, Francisco; Lara, Luis E.; Gutiérrez, Francisco (2015). "The Carrán–Los Venados volcanic field and its relationship with coeval and nearby polygenetic volcanism in an intra-arc setting". Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 308. Elsevier: 70–81. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2015.10.013. hdl:10533/238147.