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Fine-Tuning the Seismic Potential of the Nicoya Gap in NW Costa Rica
(American Geophysical Union, 2007-05-22)
The Nicoya seismic gap is a subduction segment along the Middle American Trench where the Cocos plate subducts under the Caribbean plate. This seismic gap, located under the Nicoya Peninsula in northwestern Costa Rica, has ...
Analysis of seismic and acoustic observations at Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica, 1995–1997
(Elsevier Science, 2000-08)
In November 1995, we installed five, three-component broadband seismometers and electronic tiltmeters around the circumference of Arenal Volcano, a young stratovolcano in Costa Rica that exhibits strombolian activity. With ...
A Creep Event on the Shallow Interface of the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica Seismogenic Zone
(American Geophysical Union, 2004)
Summary of the paper "A Creep Event on the Shallow Interface of the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica Seismogenic Zone"
Crustal structure along the southern Central American volcanic front
(American Geophysical Union, 2008-08-20)
Subduction alters continents several ways, including accretion, magmatic addition, mantle wedge serpentinization, and crustal differentiation. These changes affect seismic velocities, so characterizing upper plate crust ...
Active Thrusting in the Inner Fore arc of Middle America, Costa Rica
(American Geophysical Union, 2004)
Summary of the paper "Active Thrusting in the Inner Fore arc of Middle America, Costa Rica"
Tomographic evidence for a subducted seamount beneath the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica: The cause of the 1990 Mw = 7.0 Gulf of Nicoya earthquake
(American Geophysical Union, 2002-04-26)
Tomographic images constrain the existence of a subducted seamount beneath the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica. The subducted seamount is found at a depth of 30 km within the rupture area of the March 25, 1990, Mw = 7.0 Gulf ...
An improved P-wave velocity reference model for Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2001-01-01)
Derivamos un modelo de velocidad unidimensional para la onda P en Costa Rica, el cual puede servir en la rutina de localización de eventos sísmicos y como modelo de referencia para tomografía en 3 dimensiones. La inversión ...
Duration-amplitude distribution of volcanic tremor
(American Geophysical Union, 2003)
The duration-amplitude distribution of volcanic tremor was examined in eight volcanoes and one geothermal area. An exponential model, implying a scale-bound source process, is found to be a better fit to the data than a ...
Constraints on inner forearc deformation from balanced cross sections, Fila Costen˜ a thrust belt, Costa Rica
(American Geophysical Union, 2007-12-21)
The Fila Costeña thrust belt in the forearc of Costa Rica is accommodating a significant portion of the convergence of the Cocos plate and Panama microplate. Geologic mapping of the thrust belt depicts a duplex with three ...
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 ...