Central America Volcanic Arc

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graphical representation of a subduction zone

The Central America Volcanic Arc (often abbreviated to CAVA) is a chain of volcanoes which extends along the Pacific coast line of the Central American Isthmus, from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, up to Panama. This volcanic arc is formed by an active subduction zone along the western boundary of the Caribbean Plate.


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Alvarez-Gómez, José A.; Paul T. Meijer, José J. Martinaz, Ramón Capote. "Constraints from finite element modeling on the active tectonics of northern Central America and the Middle America Trench" (in English) (pdf). TECTONICS (American Geophysical Union) 27 (1008). doi:10.1029/2007TC002162, 2008, http://www.ucm.es/info/tectact/DOCS/Articulos/Alvarez-Gomez_FEM%20active%20tectonics%20northern%20Central%20America_Tectonics_2008.pdf. Retrieved on 4 August 2008. 
Mann, Paul; Robert D. Rogers, Lisa Gahagan (2007). "Overview of plate tectonic history and its unresolved tectonic problems" (pdf). in Bundschuh, Jochen & Guillermo E. Alvarado (Eds). Central America: Geology, Resources and Hazards, Taylor & Francis. pp. 205-241. ISBN 978-0415416474. 
Melían, G., I. Galindo, P. A. Hernández, N. M. Pérez, M. Fernández, G. Alvarado, W. Strauch, F. Barahona, D. López (9-2-2005). "Subduction process and diffuse CO2 degassing rates along Central America volcanic arc" (in English). Geophysical Research Abstracts (European Geosciences Union) 7. ISSN 1607-7962, http://direct.sref.org/1607-7962/gra/EGU05-A-09598&y=96028. 
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