Vertical axis rotation of the upper portions of the north-east rift of Tenerife Island inferred from paleomagnetic data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 492, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 40-59

  Delcamp, A ^a   Petronis, M S ^b   Troll, V R ^c   Carracedo, J C ^d   van Wyk de Vries, B ^e   Perez Torrado F J ^f  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^e Universite Blaise Pascal   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Dykes; Paleomagnetism; Rift zones; Tenerife; Vertical axis rotation; Volcano flank collapse

Indexed keywords

CANARY ISLANDS; DYKES; PALEOMAGNETISM; RIFT ZONES; TENERIFE; VERTICAL-AXIS ROTATION; VOLCANO FLANK COLLAPSE;

GEOMAGNETISM; VOLCANOES;

ROTATION;

DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLEISTOCENE; RIFT ZONE; ROTATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

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

EID: 79955018529     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.04.020     Document Type: Article

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