Morphological and geochemical features of crater lakes in Costa Rica: An overview

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-205

  Tassi, Franco ^a   Vaselli, Orlando ^b   Fernandez, Erik ^b   Duarte, Eliecer ^c   Martinez, Maria ^b   Delgado Huertas, Antonio ^b   Bergamaschi, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hyperacidic lake; Lake stratification; Limnic eruptions

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRATER LAKE; DEGASSING; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; STRATIFICATION; VERTICAL PROFILE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

AFRICA; ALAJUELA; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; GUANACASTE; LAKE NYOS; POAS VOLCANO; RINCON DE LA VIEJA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 69949097464     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2009.193     Document Type: Article

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