Hazards of volcanic lakes: analysis of Lakes Quilotoa and Cuicocha, Ecuador

Volcanic lakes within calderas should be viewed as high-risk systems, and an intensive lake monitoring must be carried out to evaluate the hazard of potential limnic or phreatic-magmatic eruptions. In Ecuador, two caldera lakes – Lakes Quilotoa and Cuicocha, located in the high Andean...

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Main Authors: G. Gunkel, C. Beulker, B. Grupe, F. Viteri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2008-01-01
Series:Advances in Geosciences
Online Access:http://www.adv-geosci.net/14/29/2008/adgeo-14-29-2008.pdf