Geology of the Platanares Geothermal Site, Departamento De Copan, Honduras, Central America. Field Report
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Platanares is located 16 km west of Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras, along the Quebrada del Agua Caliente. The thermal manifestations are along faults in tuffs, tuffaceous sedimentary rocks, and lavas of the Padre Miguel Group. These tuffs are silicified near the faults, are fractured, and may provide the fracture permeability necessary for the hydrothermal system. Tuffs are overlain by a wedge of terrace gravels up to 60 m thick. Quaternary conglomerates of the Quebrada del Agua Caliente are cem…
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Date:
May 1, 1986
Creator:
Heiken, G.; Eppler, D.; Wohletz, K.; Flores, W.; Ramos, N. & Ritchie, A.
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