Eruptive response of oceanic islands to giant landslides: New insights from the geomorphologic evolution of the Teide-Pico Viejo volcanic complex (Tenerife, Canary)

Geomorphology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-73

  Boulesteix, Thomas ^a,b   Hildenbrand, Anthony ^a,b   Gillot, Pierre Yves ^a,b   Soler, Vicente ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Eruptive response; Giant sector collapse; K Ar; Teide volcano; Tenerife

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; EXTRUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; LANDSLIDE; LAVA; MAGMA CHAMBER; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

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

EID: 82855161340     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.08.025     Document Type: Article

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