Termas de Copahue (Neuquen, Argentina)

Termas de Copahue volcano, Argentina

Volcano: Copahue-Caviahue (see Copahue-Caviahue at the Smithsonian Institution website in a new tab)
Type: Soil Diffuse Emission
Description: The north-western sector of Caviahue caldera (Argentina), close to the active volcanic system of Copahue, is characterized by the presence of several hydrothermal sites that host numerous fumarolic emissions, anomalous soil diffuse degassing of CO2 and hot soils.


Point of contact for this site:
Clara Lamberti, mclamberti@gl.fcen.uba.ar (IDEAN-GESVA, Dpto. Cs. Geológicas, FCEN, Universidad de Buenos Aires)

Number of measurements: 1
Measurement date (d/m/y) Added by Added on
Termas de Copahue_1003201410/3/2014 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


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