Cerro Negro (Leon, Nicaragua)
Cerro Negro volcano, Nicaragua
| Volcano: | Cerro Negro (see Cerro Negro at the Smithsonian Institution website in a new tab) |
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| Type: | Soil Diffuse Emission |
| Description: | Cerro Negro (225 m elevation) is one of 4 very young cinder cones NW of El Hoyo-Las Pilas volcanic complex, Nicaragua, and belongs to the active Central Arnerican Volcanic Belt (CAVB), which includes a 1,100K m long chain of 41 active volcanoes from Guatemala to Panama. Ground temperature up to 707°C and visible emission of gas and steam are occurring through the main active fissures. |
Point of contact for this site:
Tamsin Mather, Tamsin.Mather@earth.ox.ac.uk (Department of Earth Science, University of Oxford)
| Measurement | date (d/m/y) | Added by | Added on |
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| Cerro Negro_121999 | 1/12/1999 | Emanuela Bagnato | Oct. 5, 2014 |
| Cerro Negro_01032003 | 1/3/2003 | Emanuela Bagnato | Sept. 10, 2020 |
| Cerro Negro_01112006 | 1/11/2006 | Emanuela Bagnato | Sept. 10, 2020 |
Bibliographic references for this site
Salazar J.M. , P.A. Hernández, N.M. Pérez, G.Melian, J. Alvarez, F. Segura, K. Notsu, 2001,Diffuse emission of carbon dioxide from Cerro Negro volcano, Nicaragua, Central America, Geophysical Research Letters, vol.28, pp. 4275-4278
