Dotsero and Willow Peak: Colorado's Newest Volcanoes

A little bit of geological history of Colorado's newest volcanoes.

How to get to Dotsero: https://www.blm.gov/visit/dotsero-crater-rec-site

Sources and Cool Books:
Global Volcanism Page: https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=328010
Geology of Glenwood Springs Quadrangle and Vicinity Northwestern Colorado: https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1142j/report.pdf
Introduction to Late Cenozoic Evaporite Tectonism and Volcanism in West-Central Colorado: https://coloradogeologicalsurvey.org/wp-content/uploads/RT-0061890-i0-8137-2366-3-366-0-1.pdf
Late Cenozoic Basic Volcanism in Northwestern Colorado and Its Implications Concerning Tectonism and the Origin of the Colorado River System: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/books/book/150/chapter-abstract/3790449/Late-Cenozoic-Basic-Volcanism-in-Northwestern?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Quaternary volcanism in northwestern Colorado: Implications for the roles of asthenosphere and lithosphere in the genesis of continental basalts: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989JVGR...37..291L/abstract

Cenozoic History of the Southern Rocky Mountains: https://www.amazon.com/Cenozoic-history-Southern-Rocky-Mountains/dp/0813711444/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3BJU5WI8QC0HD&keywords=Cenozoic+history+of+the+southern+rocky+mountains&qid=1682055858&sprefix=cenozoic+history+of+the+southern+rocky+mountains%2Caps%2C120&sr=8-1

Volcanoes of North America: United States and Canada: https://www.amazon.com/Volcanoes-North-America-United-States/dp/0521364698/ref=sr_1_1?crid=SZNGJUQ10LOZ&keywords=volcanoes+of+north+america&qid=1682055950&sprefix=volcanoes+of+north+america%2Caps%2C131&sr=8-1

Volcanoes of the World: https://www.amazon.com/Volcanoes-World-Lee-Siebert/dp/0520268776/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3IQ3ZNF6URCJX&keywords=volcanoes+of+the+world&qid=1682056009&sprefix=volcanoes+of+the+world%2Caps%2C120&sr=8-2&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.006c50ae-5d4c-4777-9bc0-4513d670b6bc

Roadside Geology of Colorado: https://www.amazon.com/Roadside-Geology-Colorado-Felicie-Williams/dp/0878426094/ref=sr_1_1?crid=5ZXT4UO8937H&keywords=roadside+geology+of+colorado&qid=1682056056&sprefix=Roadside+geology+of+co%2Caps%2C118&sr=8-1

Gear Used:
Panasonic GH5
Samsung Note 10+ lol
DJI Mini 2
DJI Mavic 2