Active Volcanoes of Chiapas (Mexico): El Chichón and Tacaná

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Scolamacchia, Teresa (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Macías, José Luis (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: Active Volcanoes of the World,
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Geophysics.; Natural disasters.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

This publication summarizes the studies carried out at two of the most active volcanoes of Chiapas (Mexico): El Chichón and Tacaná. El Chichón erupted explosively in 1982 killing more than 2000 people being the worst volcanic disaster in Mexico, and Tacaná produced two mild phreatic explosions in 19...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreword
• Geodynamic setting and pre-volcanic geology of active volcanism in Chiapas
• Petrology and geochemistry of El Chichón and Tacaná: two active, yet contrasting Mexican volcanoes
• El Chichón volcano: eruptive History
• Fluid geochemistry of El Chichón volcano-hydrothermal system
• Nature of the seismicity registered before and after the 1982 eruption
• Eruptive History of the Tacaná Volcanic Complex
• Fluid geochemistry of Tacaná volcano-hydrothermal system
• Risk management of El Chichón and Tacaná volcanoes: lessons learned from past volcanic crises
• Outlook.