Recent volcano monitoring in Costa Rica
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Abstract
The Costa Rican volacno Rincon de la Vieja is loosely but mysteriously translated as the "Old Lady's Corner." It consists of six volcanic centers that form a remote elongated ridge standing some 1300m above the surrounding terraine. Geologically speaking, the Guanacaste province of northern Costa Rica consists of a series of composite volcanic cones built on a shield of ignimbrites (welded and unwelded ash flows) of Pliocene-Pleistocene age (up to 2 million years old), that themselves lie on basement crust of Cretaceious-Tertiary age (up to 90 million years old). the active volcanoes are aligned on a northwest-southeast axis parallel to the Middle American oceanic trench in the Pacific Ocean that is the site of subduction of hte Cocos oceanic plate underneath Central America.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Recent volcano monitoring in Costa Rica |
| Series title | Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 1985 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S Geological Survey |
| Description | 6 p. |
| First page | 44 |
| Last page | 49 |
| Country | Costa Rica |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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