Section [03]
Volcanic Fields
What came up through the rift.
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Three- Jemez MountainsA volcanic field sitting on the rift's western margin, built and rebuilt over more than ten million years.
- Cerros del RioA basalt field north of the basin, cut through by the river into a gorge that exposes flow after flow.
- Albuquerque volcanoesA line of small cones on the west mesa, aligned along the fissure that fed them.