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.[1]

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.

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