Las Hornillas geothermal field (Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica)
Las ornillas geothermal field, Miravalles, Costa Rica.
| Volcano: | Miravalles (see Miravalles at the Smithsonian Institution website in a new tab) |
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| Type: | Soil Diffuse Emission |
| Description: | Las Hornillas (that comes from “horno” – oven) is located near the Miravalles Geothermal Project in « La Fortuna de Bagaces », that generates electricity thanks to the force of the master steams in the subsoil. Las Hornillas is a 26,900 square feet crater with volcanic action: fumaroles, boiling mud of various colours, crystallization of sulphur, hot water. |
Point of contact for this site:
Aurelia Liegler, aliegler@mtu.edu (Michigan Technological University)
Bibliographic references for this site
Liegler Aurelia , 2016,Diffuse CO2 degassing and the origin of volcabic gas variability from Rincon de la Vieja, Miravalles and Tenorio volcanoes, Open Access Master's Thesis, Michigan Technological University, DOI: http://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/etdr/97
