{"id":16587,"date":"2026-02-23T15:08:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/?post_type=ficha&#038;p=16587"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:31:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:31:03","slug":"mapa-geologico-de-costa-rica","status":"publish","type":"ficha","link":"https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/doc\/mapa-geologico-de-costa-rica\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapa geol\u00f3gico de Costa Rica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><label style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Mapa geol\u00f3gico de Costa Rica.<\/label><\/p>\n<p><strong>Geolog\u00eda de Costa Rica<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>La geolog\u00eda de Costa Rica est\u00e1 dominada por procesos volc\u00e1nicos y tect\u00f3nicos activos. El pa\u00eds forma parte del Arco Volc\u00e1nico Centroamericano, una zona donde interact\u00faan varias placas tect\u00f3nicas.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16593\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16593\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/16587\/Mapa-geologico-simplificado-de-Costa-Rica.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16593\" title=\"Mapa geol\u00f3gico simplificado de Costa Rica.\" src=\"https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/16587\/Mapa-geologico-simplificado-de-Costa-Rica-300x263.jpg\" alt=\"Mapa geol\u00f3gico simplificado de Costa Rica.\" width=\"360\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/16587\/Mapa-geologico-simplificado-de-Costa-Rica-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/16587\/Mapa-geologico-simplificado-de-Costa-Rica-1024x899.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/16587\/Mapa-geologico-simplificado-de-Costa-Rica-768x674.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/16587\/Mapa-geologico-simplificado-de-Costa-Rica-1536x1348.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/16587\/Mapa-geologico-simplificado-de-Costa-Rica-1600x1404.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/16587\/Mapa-geologico-simplificado-de-Costa-Rica.jpg 1652w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16593\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><label style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Mapa geol\u00f3gico simplificado de Costa Rica, se presentan los principales grupos de rocas y sedimentos. (Modificado de Tournon y Alvarado, 1997; en Denyer et al., 2003).<\/label><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Marco tect\u00f3nico<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Costa Rica se ubica en el l\u00edmite entre:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>La Placa de Cocos (oce\u00e1nica)<\/li>\n<li>La Placa del Caribe<\/li>\n<li>Influencia cercana de la Placa de Nazca<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>La Placa de Cocos se subduce (se hunde) bajo la Placa del Caribe a lo largo de la Fosa Mesoamericana en el Oc\u00e9ano Pac\u00edfico.<br \/>\nEste proceso genera:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Actividad volc\u00e1nica intensa<\/li>\n<li>Frecuentes terremotos<\/li>\n<li>Formaci\u00f3n de cordilleras<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Provincias geol\u00f3gicas principales<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Cordilleras volc\u00e1nicas (norte y centro)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Formadas en el Cenozoico (principalmente en los \u00faltimos 25 millones de a\u00f1os).<\/p>\n<p>Destacan volcanes como:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Volc\u00e1n Arenal<\/li>\n<li>Volc\u00e1n Po\u00e1s<\/li>\n<li>Volc\u00e1n Iraz\u00fa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Estas monta\u00f1as est\u00e1n compuestas principalmente por:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Andesitas<\/li>\n<li>Basaltos<\/li>\n<li>Dep\u00f3sitos pirocl\u00e1sticos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2. Cordillera de Talamanca (sur)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>La Cordillera de Talamanca es diferente porque:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No es principalmente volc\u00e1nica.<\/li>\n<li>Est\u00e1 compuesta por rocas \u00edgneas antiguas, metam\u00f3rficas y sedimentarias.<\/li>\n<li>Contiene las mayores elevaciones del pa\u00eds, como el Cerro Chirrip\u00f3.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3. Llanuras costeras<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>En el Caribe predominan sedimentos aluviales recientes.<\/li>\n<li>En el Pac\u00edfico existen terrazas marinas y dep\u00f3sitos volc\u00e1nicos antiguos.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Historia geol\u00f3gica clave<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hace unos 3 millones de a\u00f1os, el levantamiento del istmo centroamericano cerr\u00f3 la conexi\u00f3n entre el Pac\u00edfico y el Atl\u00e1ntico.<\/li>\n<li>Esto permiti\u00f3 la formaci\u00f3n del puente terrestre que uni\u00f3 Am\u00e9rica del Norte y del Sur.<\/li>\n<li>Ese evento cambi\u00f3 las corrientes oce\u00e1nicas y el clima global.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Riesgos geol\u00f3gicos<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Costa Rica es una zona de:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alta actividad s\u00edsmica<\/li>\n<li>Erupciones volc\u00e1nicas peri\u00f3dicas<\/li>\n<li>Deslizamientos en zonas monta\u00f1osas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La geolog\u00eda de Costa Rica est\u00e1 dominada por procesos volc\u00e1nicos y tect\u00f3nicos activos. 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