Along 1,100 kilometers, from Mexico to Costa Rica, lies the Central American volcanic arc, where the variety of magma types make for a geological paradise. By Pablo Fonseca Q. / Knowable Magazine ...

Why Central American Volcanoes Are Ideal for Studying Earth’s Evolution The volcanic arc extending from Mexico to Costa Rica expels a variety of magma types that make for a geological paradise.

Central America was wrought in the fiery forge of its colossal volcanoes. Trailing like a lava burned welt between North and ...

A chain of Central America's most active volcanoes has given a team of researchers from the University of New Mexico (UNM), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Northern Illinois University a ...

This volcanic arc delineates the boundary between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates. A subduction zone, composed of the ... Italy or Central America). However, ...