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Mapa de detalle de un posible lahar de 100 000 m3 (arriba) y 1 500 000 m3 (abajo) bajando por la quebrada “Sin Nombre”

Detail map of a possible lahar of 100,000 m3 (above) and 1,500,000 m3 (below) going down the “Sin Nombre” stream

Rincón de la Vieja, Costa Rica, 2018

Figure 6.40 (in reprint) in: Alvarado, G.E., Aguilar, I.L. & Vargas, A. (2018). Evaluación de la amenaza volcánica del Rincón de la Vieja para el proyecto geotérmico Borinquen, Guanacaste. Área de Amenazas y Auscultación Sismológica y Volcánica, ICE [Inf. Interno]. Reprinted in: Alvarado, G.E., Brenes-André, J., Venegas, L., Alpízar, Y., Núñez, S., Sánchez, M., Abarca, K., Abarca, J., Báez, W.A., Sibaja, J.P., Esquivel, L., & Arcia, T. (2022). Análisis del Peligro Volcánico del Rincón de la Vieja, Costa Rica. Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE). Setiembre 2022.



This map was produced by an official agency, but may not be the most recent, most complete, or main operational map. For the current operational hazard map, please consult the proper institutional authorities.


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Map Set

Alvarado, G.E., Brenes-André, J., Venegas, L., Alpízar, Y., Núñez, S., Sánchez, M., Abarca, K., Abarca, J., Báez, W.A., Sibaja, J.P., Esquivel, L., & Arcia, T. (2022). Análisis del Peligro Volcánico del Rincón de la Vieja, Costa Rica. Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE). Setiembre 2022.
http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27064.21761

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Map Data

Map ID4077
Hazard Process(es)Lahars
Hazard Zone PresentationSingle hazard: A single hazard process is represented on a main map panel
Temporal ScaleBackground, or long-term, map
Spatial ScalePart of volcano (flank or drainage)
Publication FormatFigure in a hazard assessment or mitigation plan
Zonation Method(s)Scenario modeling
Zonation Model(s)LAHARZ or modified version (such as PFZ) (Iverson et al. 1998; Schilling 1998; Schilling 2014)
Scenario(s) ConsideredSize, VEI, or intensity
Hazard Zone Label(s)Scenario name
Probability Definition(s)Scenarios imply probability
PurposeLand-use planning: Intended to inform citing of facilities, building restrictions, resource management, and infrastructure development
AudienceLand-use planners, city planners, government officials, etc.
Language(s)Spanish
Basemap(s)Satellite image
Basemap overlay(s)Infrastructure map
DiemsionalityPlanimetric (2D or map) view
Color SchemeCategorical/Qualitative
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