The eruption and lava tubes of Corona Volcano (Lanzarote, Canary Islands);La erupcion y el tubo volcanico del Volcan Corona (Lanzarote, Islas Canarias)

Estudios Geologicos

Volumn 59, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 277-302

  Carracedo, J C ^a   Singer, B ^b   Jicha, B ^b   Guillou, H ^c   Rodriguez Badiola E ^d   Meco, J ^e   Perez Torrado F J ^e   Gimeno, D ^f   Socorro, S ^g   Lainez A ^h  

^a INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g Museo de Ciencias Naturales Tenerife   (Spain)

^h Grp Espeleolog Canarias Benisahare   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Climatic changes; Corona Volcano; IRSL dating; Lanzarote; Radioisotopic ages; Sea level changes; Submerged lava tube

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAVA TUBE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LANZAROTE; LAS PALMAS; MACARONESIA; MOUNT CORONA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 13644283255     PISSN: 03670449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/egeol.03595-6104     Document Type: Article

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