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Faulting, shallow seismicity and seismic hazard analysis for the Costa Rican Central Valley
(2000)
A seismic hazard map for the Metropolitan Area of San Jose has been elaborated, based on local tectonic and seismic information. The area for the hazard computation covers an area of 20 x 15 km2 and includes the zone where ...
Importancia de los estudios geofísicos y tectónicos como herramientas para lograr una mejor comprensión de la vulnerabilidad hidrogeológica en los rellenos sanitarios de Costa Rica.
(2015-11-09)
Este documento se basa principalmente en la revisión y el análisis de las actuales disposiciones
técnico/científicas emitidas por el Servicio Nacional de Aguas Subterráneas Riego y Avenamiento (SENARA) de
Costa Rica, las ...
Stratified flow past a mesoscale mountain range
(2000)
Se investiga el efecto de la interacción entre el viento y una cordillera aislada orientada de forma perpendicular al flujo de referencia. La simulación numérica tridimensional muestra que para el régimen de viento escogido ...
The seismically active Andean and Central American margins: Can satellite gravity map lithospheric structures?
(2011-11-17)
The spatial resolution and quality of geopotential models (EGM2008, EIGEN-5C, ITG-GRACE03s, and GOCO-01s) have been assessed as applied to lithospheric structure of the Andean and Central American subduction zones. For the ...
State of static stress on the Costa Rican Cocos-Caribbean plate interface: mechanical interpretation for the origin of asperities on the seismogenic zone
Estado de esfuerzos estáticos en la interface de placas coco-caribe en Costa Rica: interpretación mecánica para el origen de asperezas en la zona sismogénica
(2015-11)
The forearc region along the Central American Subduction Zone shows a series of trench-parallel posi-tive gravity anomalies with corresponding gravity lows along the trench and toward the coast. These features extend from ...
The National Seismological Network of Costa Rica (RSN): An Overview and Recent Developments
(2018-03)
The National Seismological Network of Costa Rica (RSN) is a joint effort between the University of Costa Rica (UCR) and the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE). In this article, we briefly describe its history, ...
Actividad sísmica percibida en Costa Rica durante el 2017
Felt seismicity in Costa Rica during 2017
(2018)
Durante el 2017 la Red Sismológica Nacional (RSN: UCR-ICE) localizó 2755 sismos y reportó 216 eventos sentidos por la población, incluyendo cuatro sismos relevantes con magnitudes (Mw) de entre 5,5 y 6,3. La mayoría (91%) ...
Sismicidad registrada por la RSN en el 2016
(2017)
During 2016, the National Seismological Network (RSN: UCR-ICE) registered 4594 earthquakes and reported 210 felt events. There were 13 significant earthquakes with magnitude Mw > 5.0. The majority (86%) of felt earthquakes ...
Comparison of Tree Species Sensitivity to High- and Low-Extreme Hydroclimatic Events
(2001-03)
We present here a six-species comparison of tree-ring growth response to
extremes (below the 30th and above the 70th percentile) in temperature, precipitation,
and corresponding streamflow. The species compared are Pinus ...
Nature of crustal terranes and the Moho in northern Costa Rica from receiver function analysis
(2010-01)
The Central American subduction zone in northern Costa Rica shows along‐strike variations in both the incoming and overriding plates. By analyzing the subducting oceanic Moho (M1) and the upper plate Moho (M2) with receiver ...