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Geophysics of the Canary Islands, 2005 Results of Spain's Exclusive Economic Zone Program

Langue : Anglais

Coordonnateurs : Clift Peter, Acosta Juan

Couverture de l’ouvrage Geophysics of the Canary Islands

This book contains the results of a 9 year (1995-2004) investigation of the Canary Islands Exclusive Economic Zone, using state of the art technology. The coverage includes a multibeam survey demonstrating the magnitude of catastrophic failures of the Canary Islands; a comparison of the morphology of the Canary Islands with Hawaii; evaluation of hydrothermal activity associated with Mesozoic salt diapirs; and many more articles.

1. Geologic evolution of the Older Canary Islands: Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Grand Canaria and La Gomera with a Brief Description of the Avalanches on the Younger Islands: Tenerife, La Palma and El Hierro; Juan Acosta, Elazar Uchupi, Araceli Muñoz, Pedro Herranz, Carlos Palomo, María Ballesteros and Zee Working Group 2. Salt Diapirs, Salt Brine Seeps, Pockmarks and Surficial Sediment Creep and Slides in the Canary Channel off NW Africa; Juan Acosta, Elazar Uchupi, Araceli Muñoz, Pedro Herranz, Carlos Palomo, María Ballesteros and Zee Working Group 3. Comparison of Volcanic Rifts on La Palma and El Hierro, Canary Islands and the Island of Hawaii; Juan Acosta, Elazar Uchupi, Deborah Smith, Araceli Muñoz, Pedro Herranz, Carlos Palomo, Pilar Llanes, María Ballesteros and Zee Working Group 4. Morphological and structural analysis in the Anaga offshore massif, Canary Islands: fractures and debris avalanches relationships; P. Llanes, A. Muñoz, A. Muñoz-Martín, J. Acosta, P. Herranz, A. Carbó, C. Palomo and Zee Working Group 5. Gravity analysis offshore the Canary Islands from a systematic survey; A. Carbó, A. Munoz-Martín, P. Llanes, J. Álvarez and Zee Working Group 6. A magnetic anomaly picture offshore Canary archipelago; M. Catalán, J. Martín Davila and Zee Working Group 7. Paleoseismicity in Tenerife and related seismotectonic features; L.I. Gonzalez De Vallejo, R. Capote, L. Cabrera, J.M. Insua, J. Acosta 8. Age and composition of the Amanay seamount (Canary Islands); E. Ancochea and M.J. Huertas

Juan Acosta is the main researcher for the project of which the results are presented in this book.

 

Peter Clift has done his research and teaching at MIT, WHOI, and is currently affiliated with the University of Aberdeen. He has served and is currently Editor for several journals, amongst others Marine Geophysical Researches.

Wealth of new data and ideas from almost a decade of research by an oceanic island group

Geographically defined research in a broad range of marine geophysical topics to address an international and diverse readership

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