Age and geometry of an aborted rift flank collapse: The San Andres fault system, El Hierro, Canary Islands

Geological Magazine

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 523-537

  Day, S J ^a   Carracedo, J C ^b   Guillou, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATACLASITE; LANDSLIDE; LATERAL COLLAPSE; PSEUDOTACHYLYTE; SLOPE STABILITY; VOLCANO;

CANARY ISLANDS, EL HIERRO;

EID: 0031439315     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756897007243     Document Type: Article

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