Seismostratigraphy of the western flanks of El Hierro and La Palma (Canary Islands): A record of Canary Islands volcanism

Marine Geology

Volumn 146, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 225-241

  Urgeles, Roger ^a   Canals, Miquel ^a   Baraza, Jesús ^b   Alonso, Belén ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Mass wasting; Seismic stratigraphy; Volcanic apron

Indexed keywords

MARINE BASIN; SEISMOSTRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANISM;

CANARY ISLANDS;

EID: 0032055351     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00130-8     Document Type: Article

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