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ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD BY CONSULTING THE FOLLOWING LIST OF PEER-REVIEWED LITERATURE:

 

Eruptive History

 

Barberi, F., Coltelli, M., Frullani, A., Rosi, M., Almeida, E. (1995). Chronology and dispersal characterisitics of recently (last 5000 years) erupted tephra of Cotopaxi (Ecuador): implications for long-term eruptive forecasting. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 69: 217–239.

 

Seismology and Geophysics

 

Molina, I., Kumagai, H., García-Aristizabal, A., Nakano, M., Mothes, P. (2008). Source process of very-long-period events accompanying long-period signals at Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador. Journal of Volcanolology Geothermal Research 176: 119–133.

 

Hazards

 

Mothes, P., Hall, M., Janda, R. (1998). The enormous Chillos valley lahar: an ash-flowgenerated debris flow from Cotopaxi volcano, Ecuador. Bulletin of Volcanology 59: 233–244.

 

Mothes, P., Hall, M.L., Andrade, D., Samaniego, P., Pierson, T.C., Ruiz, A.G., Yepes, H. (2004). Character, stratigraphy and magnitude of Historical lahars of Cotopaxi volcano (Ecuador). Acta Vulcanológica 16: 85–108.

 

Petrology and Geochemistry

 

Hall, M. and Mothes, P. (2007). The rhyolitic-andesitic eruptive history of Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador. Bulletin of Volcanology 70: 675–702. doi: 10.1007/s00445-007-0161-2. 

 

Looking for publications on Chalupas Caldera?

 

With the exception of a single Thesis (cited below: Hammersley, E. 03) and a few IAVCEI/ COV abstracts, nothing has been published on the Chalupas ignimbrite.

 

A COMPREHENSIVE BODY OF LITERATURE PUBLISHED ON COTOPAXI VOLCANO:

 

Almeida, E. (1995). Flujos de lodo del volcán Cotopaxi: Revista Geográfica No. 34. Instituto Geográfico Militar, Quito, p. 153-162.

 

Aguilera, E., Pareschi, M., Rosi, M. and Zanchetta, G. (2004). Risk from lahars in the northern valleys of Cotopaxi volcano (Ecuador): Natural Hazards 33: 161-189.

 

Barberi, F., Caruso, P., Macedonio, G., Rosi, M. (1992). Reconstruction and numerical simulation of the lahar of the 1877 eruption of Cotopaxi, Ecuador. Acta Vulcanologica 2: 35-44.

 

Barberi, F., Coltelli, M., Frullani, A., Rosi, M., Almeida, E. (1995). Chronology and dispersal characterisitics of recently (last 5000 years) erupted tephra of Cotopaxi (Ecuador): implications for long-term eruptive forecasting. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 69: 217–239.

 

D’Ercole, R. (1989). La catastrofe del Nevado del Ruiz una ensenanza para el Ecuador? El caso de Cotopaxi. In: Estudios de Geografía, Quito, Vol. 2.

 

Egred, J. (1989 Unpublished). Informe sobre la investigación historica referente a las erupciones de los volcanes Tungurahua y Cotopaxi. In: Proyecto hidroeléctrico San Francisco: informe final de vulcanología, República del Ecuador, Ministerio de Energía y Minas, 123 pp.

 

Egred, J. (2002). Historia de las erupciones del volcán Cotopaxi. Serie Sismología y Vulcanología Histórica 1, 131 pp. (IG-EPN)

 

Garrison, J., Davidson, J., Reid, M., Turner, S. (2006). Source versus differentiation controls on U-series disequilibria: Insights from Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 244 : 548–565.

 

Hall, M.L. and Yepes, H. (1981). Estudio del fallamiento y la actividad microseismica del valle de Machachi. Ecuadorean Commission of Atomic Energy (CEEA), 5. 

 

Hall, M.L. (1987). Peligros potenciales de las erupciones futuras del volcan Cotopaxi. In: Politécnica 12: 41-80.

 

Hall, M.L. (2000). Rhyolitic magma body and ascending basic andesites; bimodal Cotopaxi magmatism. EOS, Transactions 81 Suppl.: 1309.

 

Hall, M. and Mothes, P. (2007). The rhyolitic-andesitic eruptive history of Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador. Bull. Volcanol. 70: 675–702. doi: 10.1007/s00445-007-0161-2. 

 

Hammersley, E. (2003). The Chalupas caldera. PhD Dissertation. Univ. California, Berkeley.

 

Martinez, A.N. (1933). Contribuciones para el conocimiento geológico de la region volcánica del Ecuador; el Cotopaxi y las montañas volcánicas que le rodean. In: Pasochoa, Ruminahui, Sincholagua y Quilindana. Universidad Central, Quito, Ecuador. Vol. 50: 201-222.

 

Molina, I., Kumagai, H., García-Aristizabal, A., Nakano, M., Mothes, P. (2008). Source process of very-long-period events accompanying long-period signals at Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 176: 119–133.

 

Mothes, P. (1992). Lahars of Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador: hazard and risk evaluation: in McCall, G., Laming, D., Scott, S. (eds), Geohazards, natural and man-made: Chapman and Hall, London: 53-64.

 

Mothes, P., Hall, M., Janda, R. (1998). The enormous Chillos valley lahar: an ash-flowgenerated debris flow from Cotopaxi volcano, Ecuador. Bull. Volcanol. 59: 233–244.

 

Mothes, P., Hall, M.L., Andrade, D., Samaniego, P., Pierson, T.C., Ruiz, A.G., Yepes, H. (2004). Character, stratigraphy and magnitude of Historical lahars of Cotopaxi volcano (Ecuador). Acta Vulcanológica 16: 85–108.

 

Mullineaux, D. (1976). Reconnaissance study of volcanic hazards from Cotopaxi volcano, Ecuador. In: USGS Open-File Report.

 

Peltre, P. (1989).  Riesgos naturales en Quito; lahares, aluviones y derrumbes del Pichincha y del Cotopaxi. In: Estudios de Geografia, Quito, vol. 2.

 

Ruiz, M., Guillier, B., Chatelain, J.L., Yepes, H., Hall, M., Ramon, P. (1998). Possible causes for the seismic activity observed in Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador. Geophys. Res. Lett. 25: 2305–2308.

 

Troncoso, L. (2004). Análisis de la actividad sismica anómala del Volcán Cotopaxiy su vínculo con la seismicidad de la zona de Pastocalle. Periodo 2001-2002. Bachelor Thesis, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador.

 

 

 

Works Cited compiled by Branden C. Christensen

Last updated: February 2009