The ongoing volcanic eruption of El Hierro, Canary Islands

Eos

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 89-90

  Carracedo, Juan Carlos ^a   Perez Torrado, Francisco Jose ^a   Rodriguez Gonzalez, Alejandro ^a   Fernandez Turiel, Jose Luis ^b   Klügel, Andreas ^c   Troll, Valentin R ^d   Wiesmaier, Sebastian ^e  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; EARTHQUAKE; MANTLE PLUME; UPWELLING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

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

EID: 84858058985     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012EO090002     Document Type: Article

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