Pico do Fogo (Mosteiros, Cape Verde)
The stratovolcano Pico do Fogo
| Volcano: | Fogo (see Fogo at the Smithsonian Institution website in a new tab) |
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| Type: | Soil Diffuse Emission |
| Description: | Fogo (476 km2) is the fourth largest island in the archipelago of Cape Verde with a roughly circular shape. Most of early historical eruptions (during the seventh and eighteen centuries) have occurred at the summit area of Pico do Fogo, whereas recent eruptions in Chã das Caldeiras have occurred mainly along WSW-ENE- oriented fissures. Pico do Fogo volcano is characterized by the existence of a fumarolic field situated NW inside the summit crater (Figure 2d) and composed by low- and high-temperature gas discharges (90°C to 100°C and above 200°C, respectively) with widespread sulfur precipitates at the surface, typical of hydrothermal alteration |
Point of contact for this site:
Samara Dionis, sdionis@iter.es (1Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (INVOLCAN))
| Measurement | date (d/m/y) | Added by | Added on |
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| Pico do Fogo_01022010 | 1/2/2010 | Emanuela Bagnato | Sept. 19, 2016 |
| Pico do Fogo_01052009 | 1/5/2009 | Emanuela Bagnato | Sept. 19, 2016 |
Bibliographic references for this site
Dionis Samara M , Nemesio M Pérez, Pedro A Hernández, Gladys Melián, Fátima Rodríguez,Eleazar Padrón, Hirochika Sumino, Jose Barrrancos, Germán D Padilla, Paulo Fernandes,Zuleyka Bandomo, Sónia Silva, Jose M Pereira, Hélio Semedo,Jeremias Cabral, 2015,Diffuse CO2 degassing and volcanic activity at Cape Verde islands, West Africa, Earth, Planets and Space, vol.67, pp. 1-15, DOI: 10.1186/s40623-015-0219-x
