Magnetic imaging of the feeding system of oceanic volcanic islands: El Hierro (Canary Islands)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 339-350

  Blanco Montenegro, Isabel ^a   Nicolosi, Iacopo ^b   Pignatelli, Alessandro ^b   Chiappini, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Crustal structure; Inverse theory; Magnetic anomalies: Modelling and interpretation; Oceanic hotspots and intraplate volcanism

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; ALGORITHM; BATHYMETRY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HOT SPOT; IMAGING METHOD; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC METHOD; MAGNETIZATION; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; SUBMARINE RIDGE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLCANIC ISLAND; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; HIERRO; MACARONESIA; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 41249087662     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03723.x     Document Type: Article

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