Browsing Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica by Subject "COSTA RICA"
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A brittle failure model for long-period seismic events recorded at Turrialba Volcano, Costa Rica
(American Geophysical Union, 2015-01-30)A temporary seismic network, consisting of 23 broadband and six short-period stations, wasinstalled in a dense network at Turrialba Volcano, Costa Rica, between 8 March and 4 May 2011. During thistime 513 long-period (LP) ... -
La actividad explosiva del volcán Turrialba (Costa Rica) en el período 2010 - 2016
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2016-12-18)The most recent eruptive activity of Turrialba volcano began on the 5th of January 2010, after more than a century of dormancy. The fragmentation process and aerodynamic behavior of the ash from Turrialba’s vulcanian ... -
Chlorine isotope and Cl–Br fractionation in fluids of Poás volcano (Costa Rica): Insight into an active volcanic–hydrothermal system
(Elsevier, 2016-10-01)Halogen-rich volcanic fluids issued at the surface carry information on properties and processes operating in shallow hydrothermal systems. This paper reports a long-term record of Cl–Br concentrations and δ37Cl signatures ... -
Constraints on inner forearc deformation from balanced cross sections, Fila Costen˜ a thrust belt, Costa Rica
(American Geophysical Union, 2007-12-21)The Fila Costeña thrust belt in the forearc of Costa Rica is accommodating a significant portion of the convergence of the Cocos plate and Panama microplate. Geologic mapping of the thrust belt depicts a duplex with three ... -
Constraints on upper mantle anisotropy surrounding the Cocos slab from SK(K)S splitting
(American Geophysical Union, 2010-06-24)SKS and SKKS splitting observations are used to constrain the pattern of mantle flow in the Central American subduction zone beneath Costa Rica and Nicaragua. After removing the effects of shallow wedge anisotropy on ... -
Costa Rica y el sistema del Tratado Antártico
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2018)Analiza el Tratado Antártico y las razones por las cuales Costa Rica no se ha adherido a este tratado internacional. Es una investigación empírica, explicativa y cualitativa. Entre los instrumentos utilizados están las ... -
Crustal Velocity Anomalies in Costa Rica from Ambient Noise Tomography
(Springer Nature, 2019-08-24)We derive group velocity maps for crustal Rayleigh waves across Costa Rica and corresponding 3-D shear-wave velocity structure from ambient noise cross-correlations between 56 seismic broadband stations. The daily inter-station ... -
Earthquake and tsunami forecasts: Relation of slow slip events to subsequent earthquake rupture
(National Academy of Sciences, 2014-11-17)The 5 September 2012 Mw 7.6 earthquake on the Costa Rica subduction plate boundary followed a 62-y interseismic period. Highprecision GPS recorded numerous slow slip events (SSEs) in the decade leading up to the earthquake, ... -
Far-field triggering of foreshocks near the nucleation zone of the 5 September 2012 (MW 7.6) Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica earthquak
(Elsevier, 2015-12-01)On 5 September 2012, a moment magnitude (MW) 7.6 earthquake occurred directly beneath the Nicoya Peninsula, an area with dense seismic and geodetic network coverage. The mainshock ruptured a portion of a previously identified ... -
Fluid geochemistry and seismic activity in the period 1998-2002 at Turrialba Volcano: Costa Rica
(Universidad de Florencia, Italia, 2004)Turrialba Volcano, located in Central-Southern Costa Rica, has been characterized, since the last period of eruptive activity in 1884-1886, by a weak and discontinuous fumarolic activity in the western area of its summit. ... -
Isla del Coco, on Cocos Plate, converges with Isla de San Andrés, on the Caribbean Plate, at 78mm/yr
(Revista de Biologia Tropical, 2012-11)Isla del Coco is the only land mass of the Cocos Plate that emerges above sea level. This makes it the only place where Cocos Plate motion can be measured using Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) monitoring. Global ... -
Middle to Late Miocene Contractional Deformation in Costa Rica Triggered by Plate Geodynamics
(AGU Publications, 2017-12-11)Contractional deformation in Costa Rica is usually attributed to the subduction of the aseismic Cocos Ridge. In this work, we review the evidences for contraction in the middle to late Miocene, prior to the arrival of the ... -
Monitoring magmatic-hydrothermal activity with rare earth elements in crater lakes
(International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, 2013-07)Resumen de la ponencia Monitoring magmatic-hydrothermal activity with rare earth elements in crater lakes -
OVSICORI's Southern Costa Rica Geodynamic Control Network: The opening of a Pandora's Box
(IASPEI, 2016-06-20)Summary of the presentation “OVSICORI's South Costa Rica Geodynamic Control Network: Opening a Pandora's box. Presented at II General Assembly of the Latin America and Caribbean Seismological Commission of IASPEI, Heredia, ... -
Poás volcano: significance of mobile trace elements in the hyperacid crater lake
(IAVCEI Commission on Volcano Lakes, 2019-03)Resumen de la ponencia: Poás volcano: significance of mobile trace elements in the hyperacid crater lake -
Recurrencia de sismos en el Valle Central de Costa Rica
(REVISTA GEOGRÁFICA DE AMÉRICA CENTRAL, 2018)En los periodos 1910-1912, 1951-1955 y 1990-1993 se localizaron en el Valle Central de Costa Rica sismos superficiales importantes, por su magnitud y daños causados en la población, estructura y paisaje. La recurrencia de ... -
Understanding and forecasting phreatic eruptions driven by magmatic degassing
(Springer Nature, 2018-05-18)This paper examines phreatic eruptions which are driven by inputs of magma and magmatic gas. We synthesize data from several significant phreatic systems, including two in Costa Rica (Turrialba and Poás) which are currently ...