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Active Volcanoes of Chiapas (Mexico): El Chichón and Tacaná

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Editors:
  1. Teresa Scolamacchia

    1. Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany

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  2. José Luis Macías

    1. Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México UNAM- Campus Morelia, Morelia, Mexico

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  • State-of-the-art advances of the geological setting of El Chichón and Tacaná (Chiapas Region, Mexico)
  • Hazard management based on the experiences after the 1982 eruption of El Chichón, one the biggest eruptions on Earth in the 20th century
  • The chapter on risk assessment covers among others; human health problems related with volcanic activity, successful and unsuccessful mitigation plans, infrastructure planning, and communication strategies
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Active Volcanoes of the World (AVOLCAN)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Geodynamic Setting and Pre-volcanic Geology of Active Volcanism in Chiapas

    • V. H. Garduño-Monroy, J. L. Macías, R. S. Molina Garza
    Pages 1-23

  3. Petrology and Geochemistry of El Chichón and Tacaná: Two Active, yet Contrasting Mexican Volcanoes

    • José Luis Arce, James Walker, John Duncan Keppie
    Pages 25-43

  4. El Chichón Volcano: Eruptive History

    • Teresa Scolamacchia, Lucia Capra
    Pages 45-76

  5. Fluid Geochemistry of El Chichón Volcano-Hydrothermal System

    • Loïc Peiffer, Dmitri Rouwet, Yuri Taran
    Pages 77-95

  6. Comparison of the Seismicity Before and After the 1982 El Chichon Eruption

    • D. Legrand, J. M. Espíndola, Z. Jiménez, T. Scolamacchia, C. Valdés-González, S. K. Singh et al.
    Pages 97-114

  7. Eruptive History of the Tacaná Volcanic Complex

    • J. L. Macías, J. L. Arce, P. W. Layer, R. Saucedo, J. C. Mora
    Pages 115-138

  8. Fluid Geochemistry of Tacaná Volcano-Hydrothermal System

    • Dmitri Rouwet, Yuri Taran, Salvatore Inguaggiato
    Pages 139-154

  9. Risk Management of El Chichón and Tacaná Volcanoes: Lessons Learned from Past Volcanic Crises

    • Servando De la Cruz-Reyna, Robert I. Tilling
    Pages 155-174

  10. Outlook

    • Juan Manuel Espindola
    Pages 175-177

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 179-180
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About this book

This publication summarizes the studies carried out at two of the most active volcanoes of Chiapas (Mexico): El Chichón and Tacaná. El Chichón erupted explosively in 1982 killing more than 2000 people being the worst volcanic disaster in Mexico, and Tacaná produced two mild phreatic explosions in 1950 and 1986. Only after these explosions a surge of new studies began to unreveal their volcanic history and impact.
This book presents the state of the art advances in topics related to the geologic setting of the two volcanoes, their eruptive history and composition of erupted products, the hydrothermal systems and their manifestations. Volcanic hazards and risks and possible mitigation plans are discussed based on the experience of the catastrophic eruption of El Chichón that occurred in 1982. The book will also include previously unpublished material on the flora and the fauna of the region and archaeological and social aspects of the area that is inhabited by indigenous people.

Reviews

“The book provides an interesting and complete narrative of El Chichón and Tacaná … . This book is a prime and necessary reference that allows the reader to explore the characteristic features of those active Mexican volcanoes and to compare their natures with those of other volcanoes. … It will also be very useful in providing information that can be used to improve the operational plan in charge of the civil protection authorities.” (Gerardo Carrasco-Núñez, Bulletin of Volcanology, Vol. 77, 2015)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany

    Teresa Scolamacchia

  • Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México UNAM- Campus Morelia, Morelia, Mexico

    José Luis Macías

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Active Volcanoes of Chiapas (Mexico): El Chichón and Tacaná

  • Editors: Teresa Scolamacchia, José Luis Macías

  • Series Title: Active Volcanoes of the World

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25890-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-25889-3Published: 23 March 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52119-9Published: 12 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-25890-9Published: 25 February 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2195-3589

  • Series E-ISSN: 2195-7029

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 180

  • Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 54 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Geology, Natural Hazards, Geophysics/Geodesy

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