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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 ...
Actividad histórica y análisis de la amenaza del volcán Turrialba, Costa Rica
HISTORIC ACTIVITY AND HAZARD ANALYSIS OF TURRIALBA VOLCANO, COSTA RICA
(2015)
The historic activity of Turrialba volcano was studied based on traveler’s reports and newspapers of the
19th century. In 1864-1866, the volcano was in a period of magmatic eruptions which can be subdivided in two stages: ...
El deslizamiento de Palo Alto, Turrialba, Costa Rica: apuntes para su estudio
(2015-12)
En este trabajo se busca caracterizar, desde un punto de vista geomorfológico y geológico, el deslizamiento de Palo Alto, en el contexto de los mega procesos de inestabilidad de laderas presentes en las laderas del río ...
EL ÁREA DE DESLIZAMIENTOS DE TORITO: UN PROCESO HISTÓRICO DE AMENAZA
(2015-06)
Al área de inestabilidad de laderas de Torito, ubicada en Santa Teresita, distrito cuarto del cantón de Turrialba, Costa Rica, se le conoce actividad histórica explícita a raíz de los constantes reportes de averías y ...
A melt-focusing zone in the lithospheric mantle preserved in the Santa Elena Ophiolite, Costa Rica
(2015-08-01)
The Santa Elena Ophiolite in Costa Rica is composed of a well-preserved fragment of the lithospheric mantle that formed along a paleo-spreading center. Within its exposed architecture, this ophiolite records a deep section ...