Hotspot volcanism close to a passive continental margin: The Canary Islands

Geological Magazine

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 591-604

  Carracedo, J C ^a,b   Day, S ^b   Guillou, H ^c   Rodriguez Badiola E ^d   Canas, J A ^e   Perez Torrado F J ^f  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

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EID: 0042146057     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756898001447     Document Type: Article

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