Volcanic and geochemical evolution of the teno massif, tenerife, Canary Islands: Some repercussions of giant landslides on ocean island magmatism

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Longpré, Marc Antoine ^a,b   Troll, Valentin R ^a,c   Walter, Thomas R ^d   Hansteen, Thor H ^e  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Canary islands; Giant landslides; Pyroclastic eruptions; Tenerife; Teno; Volcano evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 76249109461     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002892     Document Type: Article

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