The Canary Islands origin: A inifying model

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 1-26

  Anguita, F ^a   Hernan F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary islands; Fracture magmatism; Hotspots

Indexed keywords

TECTONICS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL PLUMES;

PROPAGATING FRACTURE HYPOTHESIS;

VOLCANOES;

FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HOT SPOT; MAGMATISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION; UPLIFT; VOLCANISM;

CANARY ISLANDS;

EID: 0034694550     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(00)00195-5     Document Type: Article

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