Supplementary materials 1–6. The Evolution of the Popocatépetl Volcanic Complex: Constraints on Periodic Edifice Construction and Destruction by Sector Collapse

SM1) a brief description of the previous works on the evolution of the Popocatépetl Volcanic Complex (PVC); SM2) the method used for the estimation of the volume of the sector collapse events occurred at the PVC; SM3) the re-evaluation of data on avalanche deposits associated to sector collapse events available in literature; SM4) a brief description of pyroclastic stratigraphic markers used for volcanostratigraphic correlation at the PVC; SM5) a detailed description of the field observations supporting the relative ages of the Popocatépetl stage lava flows; SM6) a brief description of the geology around the PVC.