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The intraplate Porto dos Gaúchos seismic zone in the Amazon craton — Brazil
(Elsevier, 2009-01-15)The largest earthquake observed in the stable continental interior of the South American plate occurred in Serra do Tombador, Mato Grosso state — Brazil, on January 31, 1955 with a magnitude of 6.2 mb. Since then no other ... -
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 ... -
Geophysical, geochemical and geodetical signals of reawakening at Turrialba volcano (Costa Rica) after almost 150 years of quiescence
(Elsevier, 2010-11)Turrialba is a basaltic–andesitic stratovolcano (3340 masl), in the Cordillera Volcánica Central in Costa Rica. After the last eruption (1864–1866), volcanic manifestations were limited to weak fumarolic discharge (continuous ... -
Coda wave attenuation in the Parecis Basin, Amazon Craton, Brazil: sensitivity to basement depth
(Springer, 2011)Small local earthquakes from two aftershock sequences in Porto dos Gaúchos, Amazon craton—Brazil, were used to estimate the coda wave attenuation in the frequency band of 1 to 24 Hz. The time-domain coda-decay method of ... -
Estimating tsunami potential of earthquakes in the Sumatra-Andaman region based on broadband seismograms in India
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2012)In this paper, we report that the ratio of broadband energy (0.01–2 Hz) to highfrequency energy (0.3–2 Hz), Er, estimated from regional seismograms of India, might be a useful parameter in estimating tsunami potential of ... -
Space- and ground-based measurements of sulphur dioxide emissions from Turrialba Volcano (Costa Rica)
(Springer Verlag, 2012-06-21)Remotely sensed measurements of sulphur dioxide (SO2) emitted by Turrialba Volcano (Costa Rica) are reported for the period September 2009–January 2011. Thesemeasurements were obtained using images from Advanced Spaceborne ... -
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 ... -
Scattering of light by colloidal aluminosilicate particles Produces the unusual sky-blue color of Río Celeste (Tenorio Volcano Complex, Costa Rica)
(2013-09-18)Río Celeste (Sky-Blue River) in Tenorio National Park (Costa Rica), a river that derives from the confluence and mixing of two colorless streams-Río Buenavista (Buenavista River) and Quebrada Agria (Sour Creek)-is renowned ... -
Nicoya earthquake rupture anticipated by geodetic measurement of the locked plate interface
(Nature Research, 2013-12-22)The Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica is one of the few places on Earth where the seismically active plate interface of a subduction zone is directly overlaid by land rather than ocean. At this plate interface, large megathrust ... -
Gas measurements from the Costa Rica–Nicaragua volcanic segment suggest possible along-arc variations in volcanic gas chemistry
(Elsevier, 2014)Obtaining accurate estimates of the CO2output from arc volcanism requires a precise understanding of the potential along-arc variations in volcanic gas chemistry, and ultimately of the magmatic gas signature of each ... -
Análisis de la actividad sísmica en Costa Rica durante el 2010 y resumen de los eventos sísmicos más importantes presentados en Costa Rica de 1983 - 2012
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2014-01)El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la actividad sísmica registrada por la red sismográfica del OVSICORI-UNA en el año 2010; además de recopilar información de los sismos más importantes sentidos por la población del ... -
Mercury fluxes from volcanic and geothermal sources: an update
(Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2014-08-02)We review the state of knowledge on global volcanogenic Hg emissions to the atmosphere and present new data from seven active volcanoes (Poa´s, Rinco´n de la Vieja, Turrialba, Aso, Mutnovsky, Gorely and Etna) and two ... -
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, ... -
Comparación de la composición química de partículas PM10 y PM2,5 colectadas en ambientes urbanos y zonas volcánicas del área metropolitana de Costa Rica
(Revista Ciencias Ambientales, 2014-12)Se muestrearon, en forma simultánea, partículas PM10 y PM2,5 en ambientes urbanos y volcánicos del área metropolitana de Costa Rica, durante octubre y noviembre de 2012. En las áreas industriales y comerciales de alto flujo ... -
Thin-skinned mass-wasting responsible for widespread deformation at Arenal volcano
(Frontiers Media, 2014-12-03)The shape and stability of a volcano’s edifice depends on the relationship between eruption rate and the loss or redistribution of material due to erosion, mass-wasting or deformation. This work provides measurements of ... -
Co-ideation of disaster preparedness strategies through a participatory design approach: Challenges and opportunities experienced at Turrialba volcano, Costa Rica
(Elsevier, 2015)Disaster preparedness is key to coping and adaptation during the immediate aftermath of a natural hazard, but the majority of those at risk do not feel prepared. In this participatory action research we investigate the ... -
Integrated velocity field from ground and satellite geodetic techniques: application to Arenal volcano
(Universidad de Oxford, Reino Unido, 2015)Measurements of ground deformation can be used to identify and interpret geophysical processes occurring at volcanoes. Most studies rely on a single geodetic technique, or fit a geophysical model to the results of multiple ... -
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) ... -
Mercury fluxes from volcanic and geothermal sources: An update
(The Geological Society of London vol. 410 263 – 285. 2015, 2015-03-01)We review the state of knowledge on global volcanogenic Hg emissions to the atmosphere and present new data from seven active volcanoes (Poás, Rincón de la Vieja, Turrialba, Aso, Mutnovsky, Gorely and Etna) and two geothermal ... -
Historia eruptiva del volcán Turrialba y sus impactos
(Ambientico. Revista Mensual, 2015-06)