Comparison and cross-checking of historical, archaeological and geological evidence for the location and type of historical and sub-historical eruptions of multiple-vent oceanic island volcanoes

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 171, Issue , 2000, Pages 281-306

  Day, S J ^a   Carracedo, J C ^b   Guillou, H ^c   Pais Pais, F J ^d   Rodriguez Badiola, E ^e   Fonseca, J F B D ^f   Heleno, S I N ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^e MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^f Grupo Fis Terra Ambiente Inst S   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; FISSURE; HISTORICAL RECORD; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

CANARY ISLANDS; CAPE VERDE;

EID: 0034035686     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.171.01.21     Document Type: Article

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