Chicabal Explained
| Chicabal |
| Elevation M: | 2,720 |
| Coordinates: | 14.7167°N -123°W |
| Location: | Quetzaltenango department, Guatemala |
| Type: | Inactive volcano |
| Volume: | 12 km3 (2.9 cu mi) |
Chicabal is a 2720m (8,920feet) inactive volcano in the Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala.[1] Its edifice has a volume of 12km3 .14.79°N -91.66°W[2] The volcano has a crater lake, Chicabal Lake, and is constructed within a collapse scar that may have been the consequence of a failure of a previous edifice.[3] Part of the mountain range of the Sierra Madre, it is associated with Santa Maria volcano.[4]
Notes and References
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- Book: Siebert. Lee. Alvarado. Guillermo E.. Vallance. James W.. van Wyk de Vries. Benjamin. Volcanic Hazards in Central America . Large-volume volcanic edifice failures in Central America and associated hazards. 412. 2006. 1–26. 10.1130/2006.2412(01). 9780813724126 .
- MacVean. Charles. Schuster. Jack C.. Altitudinal Distribution of Passalid Beetles (Coleoptera, Passalidae) and Pleistocene Dispersal on the Volcanic Chain of Northern Central America. Biotropica. 13. 1. 1981. 29. 0006-3606. 10.2307/2387868. 2387868 .
- Rose. William I.. Santa María, Guatemala: Bimodal soda-rich calc-alkalic stratovolcano. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 33. 1–3. 1987. 109–129. 0377-0273. 10.1016/0377-0273(87)90056-4.
