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San Quintín Volcanic Field on the NW coast of Baja California consists of 11 late-Pleistocene pyroclastic cones and related lava flows. Low lava shields, initially submarine, are capped by scoria cones. San Quintín rocks are similar to intraplate or oceanic island alkalic rocks and differ from other Baja alkalic volcanic suites. It is the only Quaternary volcanic field in Baja California where lower-crustal and upper-mantle xenoliths are found. The field is located at the margins of the…

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