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- ↑ Alvarado Induni, Guillermo (2011). Los volcanes de Costa Rica. Editorial de la Universidad Estatal a Distancia. pp. 98–100. ISBN 978-9968-316-79-8.
- ↑ Bergoeing, Jean Pierre (2006-01-01). "El cuaternario en Costa Rica. Proposición cronológica". Reflexiones (in Spanish). 85 (1): 13. ISSN 1021-1209.
- ↑ "Poás Volcano erupts again, sends ash cloud 2 km into atmosphere". 30 September 2019.
- ↑ Guillermo E. Alvarado Induni (2011). Los volcanes de Costa Rica: geología, historia, riqueza natural y su gente. EUNED. p. 142. ISBN 978-9968-31-679-8.
