The submarine volcanic succession of the basal complex of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands: A model of submarine growth and emergence of tectonic volcanic islands

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 118, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 785-804

  Gutiérrez, Margarita ^a   Casillas, Ramón ^b   Fernández, Carlos ^c   Balogh, Kadosa ^d   Ahijado, Agustina ^b   Castillo, Carolina ^b   Colmenero, Juan Ramón ^e   García Navarro, Encarnación ^c  

^a Estudios del Terreno SL ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basal complex; Canary Islands; Emergence of volcanic islands; Fuerteventura; Submarine volcanism

Indexed keywords

BASAL COMPLEX; EMERGENCE OF VOLCANIC ISLANDS; SUBMARINE VOLCANISM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ISLAND; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FUERTEVENTURA; LAS PALMAS; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33745952962     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25821.1     Document Type: Article

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