Structure and evolution of the volcanic rift zone at Ponta de São Lourenço, eastern Madeira

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 671-685

  Klügel, Andreas ^a   Schwarz, Stefanie ^a   van den Bogaard, Paul ^b   Hoernle, Kaj A ^b   Wohlgemuth Ueberwasser, Cora C ^c   Köster, Jana J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ar Ar dating; Desertas; Dikes; Hotspot; Madeira; Pyroclastic deposits; Rift zone

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARGON-ARGON DATING; BASALT; CALDERA; DIKE SWARM; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA CHAMBER; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PLINIAN ERUPTION; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; RIFT ZONE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

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

EID: 68349086761     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-008-0253-7     Document Type: Article

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