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The “Tequila Volcano” article on Wiki is missing a lot of information. It is extremely brief and should go more into detail on various topics. My group is going to do research on what type of Volcano the Tequila Volcano is, what plate boundary it is on, its history and what it is today.

-We know from the wiki article that it is a stratovolcano or composite volcano, but it does not go into detail about the characteristics of those type of volcanos.

-Why did this volcano form? This can be answered as we do research on the plate boundary it lies on and what type of boundary that is.

-We are told in the article that is last erupted 200,000 years ago but have no information about how long it was active or how much area was affected by the eruption. As we do research on this we are learning more about how the eruption affected the soil.

-We will also do research on how the community around the volcano today benefits from the volcanic soil. We will research if the volcano poses a danger to the communities around it today. Today, Jalisco benefits from the volcanic soil to make tequila, Mexico’s National Drink. We will go into detail on the importance of Tequila in their economy and culture to emphasize the importance of the volcano in human society.

Volcán Tequila hoy

The Tequila Volcano, today, does not pose a threat to surrounding communities. Being inactive for around 220,000 years when it last erupted the Volcano is now covered in vegetation and is easy to access. Visitors can drive to the volcanos crater without any concerns for safety. (11 Volcanoes in the Americas That You Can Actually Climb. (2017). BootsnAll Travel Articles. Retrieved 24 April 2017, from http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/09-07/11-volcanoes-in-the-americas-that-you-can-climb.html )

The Volcano has contributed greatly towards an agave culture where Mexico relies on the rich soils that the volcano created to cultivate blue agave and create the beverage Tequila and Mescal. Tequila, Jalisco benefits greatly from the Tequila Volcano. When the volcano erupted, lava flowed where the town is located today and left enriched soils where blue agave can strive. Blue agave is the main ingredient for Mexico’s National drink, tequila. Agave is the dominant agriculture in Tequila, Jalisco; “roughly one-fourth of all inhabitants of Tequila work in the fields and at least another 1,200 work distilling, bottling, packaging, or promoting tequila” (Tequila : a natural and cultural history. Ana Guadalupe Valenzuela Zapata, pg 66).