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Geology of the Metapán volcanic field NW El Salvador

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dc.creatorRapprich, Vladislav
dc.creatorHernández, Walter
dc.creatorErban, Vojtěch
dc.date2006-02-16
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-03T14:26:06Z
dc.date.available2016-05-03T14:26:06Z
dc.descriptionMetapán volcanic field occupies the eastern margin of the Ipala Graben and represents one of several 'Behind volcanic front' type fields in El Salvador. It was subdivided into four zones in regard to the distinct age and location of each of them. The duration of the volcanic activity in the Metapán area has been from Pliocene to Quaternary. The volcanism started with the formation of the El Cóbano shield-volcano in the SE part of the study area, which is preserved as a relict of a sequence of basaltic lavas, approximately 300 m thick. Later volcanic activity represented by Strombolian cones, Hawaiian fissure vents and lava fields took place in three separated areas: El Shiste to the northwest, Ostúa to the west and San Diego to the south of the Metapán town. All studied volcanic events in this area are older than the last Plinian eruption of Ilopango caldera, which produced tephra of Tierra Blanca Joven (TBJ: 430 AD).en-US
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dc.identifierhttp://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/geologica/article/view/4236
dc.identifier10.15517/rgac.v0i33.4236
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10669/22720
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversidad de Costa Ricaes
dc.relationRevista Geológica de América Central;
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.sourceRevista Geológica de América Central; Revista Geológica de América Central : Número 33en
dc.sourceRevista Geológica de América Central; Revista Geológica de América Central : Número 33es
dc.source2215-261X
dc.source0256-7024
dc.titleGeology of the Metapán volcanic field NW El Salvadoren
dc.titleGeology of the Metapán volcanic field NW El Salvadores
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