Geophysics of the Canary Islands
Publication year: 2005
: 978-1-4020-4352-9
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 main result areas are: a multibeam survey demonstrating the magnitude of catastrophic failures of the Canary Islands; a comparison of the morphology of the Canary Islands with Hawaii; the significance of hydrothermal activity in the Canary Channel associated with Mesozoic salt diapirs; an analysis of the morphology and structure of the offshore extension of the Anaga massif in Tenerife island; a detailed description of the archipelago gravity field and magnetic field of the Canary Islands
: Earth and Environmental Science, Geophysics, Marine Gravity, Marine Magnetism, Multibeam mapping, Canary Island, Ocean, Salt diapirism, Submarine Avalanches, Geomorphology
