Copahue-Caviahue Las Máquinas (Neuquen, Argentina)
Las Maquinas degassing area, Copahue volcano, Argentina.
| Volcano: | Copahue-Caviahue (see Copahue-Caviahue at the Smithsonian Institution website in a new tab) |
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| Type: | Soil Diffuse Emission |
| Description: | The Copahue–Caviahue Volcanic Complex (hereafter CCVC, 38°S-71°W) is located in the Neuquén Province (Patagonia, Argentina) on a segment of the Andes range, called the South Volcanic Zone. In the north-eastern flank of the Copahue volcanic edifice,within the Caviahue Caldera, six hydrothermal areas are recognized: LasMáquinas, Las Maquinitas I, Las Maquinitas II, Anfiteatro, Termas de Copahue and Chancho-Co. The hydrothermal activity of some of these sites (Las Máquinas, Las Maquinitas and Termas de Copahue) is so intense that causes a background volcanic tremor as revealed by a seismic array analysis performed in the 2003–2005 period. |
Point of contact for this site:
Clara Lamberti, mclamberti@gl.fcen.uba.ar (IDEAN-GESVA, Dpto. Cs. Geológicas, FCEN, Universidad de Buenos Aires)
| Measurement | date (d/m/y) | Added by | Added on |
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| Las Máquinas_10032014 | 10/3/2014 | Emanuela Bagnato | Sept. 19, 2016 |
Bibliographic references for this site
Chiodini Giovanni, Carlo Cardellini, María Clara Lamberti, Mariano Agusto, Alberto Caselli,Caterina Liccioli, Giancarlo Tamburello, Franco Tassi, Orlando Vaselli, Stefano Caliro, 2015,Carbon dioxide diffuse emission and thermal energy release from hydrothermal systems at Copahue–Caviahue Volcanic Complex (Argentina), Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, vol.304, pp. 294-303, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2015.09.007
