• A melt-focusing zone in the lithospheric mantle preserved in the Santa Elena Ophiolite, Costa Rica 

      Madrigal Quesada, María Del Pilar; Gazel Dondi, Esteban; Denyer Chavarría, Percy; Smith, Ian; Jicha, Brian; Flores, Kennet E.; Coleman, Drew S.; Snow, Jonathan (2015-08-01)
      The Santa Elena Ophiolite in Costa Rica is composed of a well-preserved fragment of the lithospheric mantle that formed along a paleo-spreading center. Within its exposed architecture, this ophiolite records a deep section ...
    • Formación Bagaces: caracterización de sus unidades para la identificación de depósitos y litofacies 

      Solano Monge, Juan Pablo; Denyer Chavarría, Percy; Pérez Fernández, Wendy; Lücke Castro, Oscar H.; Madrigal Quesada, María Del Pilar (2019-06-01)
      La base de la cordillera volcánica de Guanacaste está conformada, en su mayoría, por una potente secuencia de depósitos piroclásticos de edades entre el Mioceno y el Pleistoceno, las cuales corresponden a las formaciones ...
    • Record of massive upwellings from the Pacific large low shear velocity province 

      Madrigal Quesada, María Del Pilar; Gazel Dondi, Esteban; Flores Reyes, Kennet Eduardo; Bizimis, Michael; Jicha, Brian (2016)
      Large igneous provinces, as the surface expression of deep mantle processes, play a key role in the evolution of the planet. Here we analyse the geochemical record and timing of the Pacific Ocean Large Igneous Provinces ...