The 2011 submarine volcanic eruption in El Hierro (Canary Islands)

Geology Today

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 53-58

  Carracedo, Juan Carlos ^a   Torrado, Francisco Pérez ^a   González, Alejandro Rodríguez ^a   Soler, Vicente ^b   Turiel, José Luis Fernández ^c   Troll, Valentin R ^d   Wiesmaier, Sebastian ^e  

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

^b INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 84858412923     PISSN: 02666979     EISSN: 13652451     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2451.2012.00827.x     Document Type: Article

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