Reflection seismic investigations in the volcaniclastic apron of Gran Canaria and implications for its volcanic evolution

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 519-536

  Funck, Thomas ^a   Dickmann, Thomas ^a   Rihm, Roland ^a   Krastel, Sebastian ^a   Lykke Andersen, Holger ^b   Schmincke, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Seismic reflection; Volcanic activity

Indexed keywords

EROSIONAL CHANNEL; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; VOLCANIC ACTIVITY; VOLCANICLASTIC APRON; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC, CANARY ISLANDS, GRAN CANARIA; CANARY ISLANDS, GRAN CANARIA;

EID: 0029731121     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb00015.x     Document Type: Article

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