New evidence about the structure and growth of ocean island volcanoes from aeromagnetic data: The case of Tenerife, Canary Islands

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETISM; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LINEARITY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIZATION; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATOVOLCANO;

CANARY ISLANDS; PICO VIEJO; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN; TEIDE; TENERIFE;

EID: 79952751793     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007646     Document Type: Article

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