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List Of Volcanoes In Costa Rica ...
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Costa Rica. See also * List of lakes in Costa Rica * Central America Volcanic Arc * List of volcanoes in El Salvador * List of volcanoes in Guatemala * List of volcanoes in Honduras * List of volcanoes in Nicaragua * List of volcanoes in Panama References External links Vulcanología Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica (OVSICORI).Volcanes de Costa Rica I {{Central American volcanoes Costa Rica Volcanoes A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volcano
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates are diverging or converging, and most are found underwater. For example, a mid-ocean ridge, such as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, has volcanoes caused by divergent tectonic plates whereas the Pacific Ring of Fire has volcanoes caused by convergent tectonic plates. Volcanoes can also form where there is stretching and thinning of the crust's plates, such as in the East African Rift and the Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field and Rio Grande rift in North America. Volcanism away from plate boundaries has been postulated to arise from upwelling diapirs from the core–mantle boundary, deep in the Earth. This results in hotspot volcanism, of which the Hawaiian hotspot is an example. Volcanoes are usually not created where two tectonic plates slide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laguna Poco Sol
Lake Poco Sol (from Spanish, "Little Sunshine"), or , is a volcanic lake in Costa Rica, in the Cordillera de Tilarán. The lake lies at an altitude of in a wide depression. The depth of the lake is about . Other volcanic features in the area include breccia, lahar deposits, lava flows and tuffs. The lake may be a landslide scar, or a crater left by a phreatic explosion. It is of probable Pleistocene age. It is constructed within the andesitic Monteverde Formation, which was erupted between 2.1 and 1 million years ago. Hot springs, mud pots and deposits of sulfur are found both at the lake and near the Río Penas Blancas. The area has been investigated for harnessing geothermal energy. The geothermal activity may be the source of the name ''Pocosol''. The active volcano Arenal lies north-northwest of Laguna Poco Sol. Arenal along with Cerro Chato between Arenal and Laguna Poco Sol and Cerro Pocosol south of Laguna Poco Sol may be located along a zone of tectonic weakne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Volcanoes In Guatemala ...
This is a list of active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes in Guatemala. Volcanoes See also * Central America Volcanic Arc * List of volcanoes in El Salvador * List of volcanoes in Honduras * List of volcanoes in Mexico Footnotes References {{Central American volcanoes Guatemala *List Volcanoes A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Volcanoes In El Salvador ...
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in El Salvador. Volcanoes See also * Central America Volcanic Arc * List of volcanoes in Guatemala * List of volcanoes in Honduras * List of volcanoes in Nicaragua References {{Central American volcanoes El Salvador Volcanoes A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central America Volcanic Arc
The Central American Volcanic Arc (often abbreviated to CAVA) is a chain of volcanoes which extends parallel to the Pacific coastline of the Central American Isthmus, from Mexico to Panama. This volcanic arc, which has a length of 1,100 kilometers (680 mi)Rose, W., Conway, F., Pullinger, C., Deino, A. and McIntosh, W., 1999. An improved age framework for late Quaternary silicic eruptions in northern Central America. ''Bulletin of Volcanology'', 61(1-2), pp.106-120. is formed by an active subduction zone, with the Cocos Plate subducting underneath the Caribbean Plate.Álvarez-Gómez, J., Meijer, P., Martínez-Díaz, J. and Capote, R., 2008. Constraints from finite element modeling on the active tectonics of northern Central America and the Middle America Trench. ''Tectonics'', 27(1) The region has been volcanically and geologically active for at least the past several million years. Numerous volcanoes are spread throughout various Central American countries; many have been active i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lakes In Costa Rica
This is a list of lakes, reservoirs, and water bodies in Costa Rica.. See also *List of volcanoes in Costa Rica This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Costa Rica. See also * List of lakes in Costa Rica * Central America Volcanic Arc * List of volcanoes in El Salvador * List of volcanoes in Guatemala * List of volcanoes in Honduras * L ..., which includes the crater lakes listed. * * * * * * References {{reflist Costa Rica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Viejo Volcano
The El Viejo Volcano, ( es, Volcán El Viejo, translates as ''The Old Man Volcano'') is possibly an inactive volcano in Costa Rica, situated in the Cordillera Central range near the Poás Volcano and within the Juan Castro Blanco National Park Juan Castro Blanco National Park is a National Park, part of the Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area, in the northern part of Costa Rica. Location Located about 100 km north of San José, to the east of Ciudad Quesada in Alajuela Pro .... The highest point of the volcano is at an elevation of 2,122 meters. References Stratovolcanoes of Costa Rica Mountains of Costa Rica Inactive volcanoes {{CostaRica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turrialba Volcano
Turrialba Volcano is an active volcano in central Costa Rica that has been explosively eruptive in recent years including 2016 and in January, March and April 2017. Visitors used to be able to hike down into the main crater, but increased volcanic activity in 2014–17, resulting in large clouds of volcanic ash, caused the surrounding Turrialba Volcano National Park to close. However, with the subsiding of the eruptions, the park and volcano reopened on December 4, 2020. The stratovolcano is high and is about 45 minutes from the Atlantic slope town of Turrialba. The summit has three craters, the largest of which has a diameter of . Turrialba is adjacent to Irazú and both are among Costa Rica's largest volcanoes. Turrialba has had at least five large explosive eruptions in last 3500 years. The volcano is monitored by the Deep Earth Carbon Degassing Project. On clear days both the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea can be seen from the summit. Below the summit is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tortuguero Volcano
Tortuguero Volcano, also known as Tortuguero Hill ( es, Cerro Tortuguero), is an extinct volcano located WNW from Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Toponymy It shares the name with the town and the Tortuguero National Park, which means "many turtles". Physical aspects Pyroclastic cone, one of its sides was cut when the nearby canals were created. Social and economic activity The volcano can be seen from the touristic areas of Tortuguero. See also * List of volcanoes in Costa Rica This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Costa Rica. See also * List of lakes in Costa Rica * Central America Volcanic Arc * List of volcanoes in El Salvador * List of volcanoes in Guatemala * List of volcanoes in Honduras * L ... References External links * {{Central American volcanoes Volcanoes of Costa Rica Mountains of Costa Rica Geography of Limón Province Pleistocene volcanoes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pleistocene
The Pleistocene ( , often referred to as the ''Ice age'') is the geological Epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was finally confirmed in 2009 by the International Union of Geological Sciences, the cutoff of the Pleistocene and the preceding Pliocene was regarded as being 1.806 million years Before Present (BP). Publications from earlier years may use either definition of the period. The end of the Pleistocene corresponds with the end of the last glacial period and also with the end of the Paleolithic age used in archaeology. The name is a combination of Ancient Greek grc, label=none, πλεῖστος, pleīstos, most and grc, label=none, καινός, kainós (latinized as ), 'new'. At the end of the preceding Pliocene, the previously isolated North and South American continents were joined by the Isthmus of Panama, causing Great American Interchang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerro Tilarán
The Cerro Tilarán Volcano is an andesitic Andesite () is a volcanic rock of intermediate composition. In a general sense, it is the intermediate type between silica-poor basalt and silica-rich rhyolite. It is fine-grained (aphanitic) to porphyritic in texture, and is composed predomin ... shield volcano in the Tilaran Range in Costa Rica. References Mountains of Costa Rica Volcanoes of Costa Rica Pleistocene shield volcanoes Shield volcanoes of North America {{CostaRica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenorio Volcano
Tenorio Volcano ( es, Volcán Tenorio) is an inactive andesitic stratovolcano in north-western Costa Rica. It is the main geographical feature of the eponymous Tenorio Volcano National Park. Toponymy The name comes from the Chorotega legend of Eskameca and Tenorí. The name in its current form is first mentioned in a 1744 document, further in 1745 by historian León Fernández Bonilla. Physical aspects It is composed of four volcanic peaks and two twin craters, one of the craters is sometimes referred to as the Montezuma Volcano. The formation occupies a 225 km² area. In the lowest areas there is savanna, rain forest Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainforest ... in the middle areas and cloud forest at the top. The rivers Tenorio, Tenorito and Martirio have their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
