The channel between Gran Canaria and Tenerife: Constructive processes and destructive events during the evolution of volcanic islands

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 629-641

  Krastel, Sebastian ^a,b   Schmincke, Hans Ulrich ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Landslides; Ocean islands; Submarine volcanism; Volcanic evolution

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CHANNEL; LANDSLIDE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SPAIN;

EID: 0036672621     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-002-0285-8     Document Type: Article

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