Structural pattern of the western Las Cañadas caldera (Tenerife, Canary Islands) revealed by audiomagnetotellurics

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 409-413

  Coppo, Nicolas ^a   Schnegg, Pierre André ^a   Falco, Pierik ^a   Costa, Roberto ^a   Burkhard, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Audiomagnetotellurics; Caldera; Hydrother malalteration; Ring fault; Tenerife

Indexed keywords

AUDIOMAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDING; CALDERA; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; RING COMPLEX; DATA SET; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; PICO VIEJO; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TENERIFE; LAS CANADAS CALDERA;

EID: 54049104310     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-008-1270-4     Document Type: Article

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