Purace-slope (Puracé)
| Volcano: | Purace (see Purace at the Smithsonian Institution website in a new tab) |
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| Type: | Soil Diffuse Emission |
| Description: | The volcanic edifice of Puracé is a truncated cone with slopes of 30°, with concentric inner and outer craters of 500 and 900 m in diameter, respectively. The fumarolic activity is concentrated inside the crater, mainly at a large fracture zone that traverses the crater floor. CO2 degassing at slope of crater |
Point of contact for this site:
Salvatore Inguaggiato, s.inguaggiato@pa.ingv.it (INGV, Palermo)
