The distribution of basaltic volcanism on Tenerife, Canary Islands: Implications on the origin and dynamics of the rift systems

Tectonophysics

Volumn 483, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 310-326

  Geyer, A ^a   Marti J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basaltic volcanism; Canary Islands; Rift zones; Tenerife; Volcano tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC VOLCANISM; CANARY ISLANDS; RIFT ZONES; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TENERIFE;

BASALT; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

VOLCANOES;

BASALT; RIFT ZONE; SHIELD VOLCANO; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VOLCANIC ISLAND; VOLCANISM;

CANARY ISLANDS; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN VOLCANIC ZONE; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

EID: 76849106273     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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