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The NE Rift of Tene...
The NE Rift of Tenerife: towards a model on the origin and evolution of ocean island rifts
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Carracedo, J.C. (författare)
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Guillou, H. (författare)
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Badiola, E. Rodriguez, (författare)
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Perez-Torrado, F.J. (författare)
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Gonzalez, A. Rodriguez (författare)
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Paris, R. (författare)
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- Troll, Valentin R. (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Berggrundsgeologi
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Wiesmaier, S. (författare)
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Delcamp, A. (författare)
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Rernandez-Turiel, J.L (författare)
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- 2009-04-17
- 2009
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Estudios Geologicos. - : Editorial CSIC. - 1988-3250 .- 0367-0449. ; 65:1, s. 5-47
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Abstract
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- The NE Rift of Tenerife is an excellent example of a persistent, recurrent rift, providing important evidence of the origin and dynamics of these major volcanic features. The rift developed in three successive, intense and relatively short eruptive stages (a few hundred ka), separated by longer periods of quiescence or reduced activity: A Miocene stage (7266 +/- 156 ka), apparently extending the central Miocene shield of Tenerife towards the Anaga massif; an Upper Pliocene stage (2710 +/- 58 ka) and the latest stage, with the main eruptive phase in the Pleistocene. Detailed geological (GIS) mapping, geomagnetic reversal mapping and stratigraphic correlation, and radioisotopic (K/Ar) dating of volcanic formations allowed the reconstruction of the latest period of rift activity. In the early phases of this stage the majority of the eruptions grouped tightly along the axis of the rift and show reverse polarity (corresponding to the Matuyama chron). Dykes are of normal and reverse polarities. In the final phase of activity, eruptions are more disperse and lavas and dykes are consistently of normal polarity (Brunhes chron). Volcanic units of normal polarity crossed by dykes of normal and reverse polarities yield ages apparently compatible with normal subchrons (M-B Precursor and Jaramillo) in the Upper Matuyama chron. Three lateral collapses successively mass-wasted the rift: The Micheque collapse, completely concealed by subsequent nested volcanism, and the Guimar and La Orotava collapses, that are only partially filled. Time occurrence of collapses in the NE rift apparently coincides with glacial stages, suggesting that giant landslides may be finally triggered by sea level changes during glaciations. Pre-collapse and nested volcanism is predominantly basaltic, except in the Micheque collapse, where magmas evolved towards intermediate and felsic (trachytic) compositions. Rifts in the Canary Islands are long-lasting, recurrent features, probably related to primordial, plume-related fractures acting throughout the entire growth of the islands. Basaltic volcanism forms the bulk of the islands and rift zones. However, collapses of the flanks of the rifts disrupt their established fissural feeding system, frequently favouring magma accumulation and residence at shallow emplacements, leading to differentiation of magmas, and intermediate to felsic nested eruptions. Rifts and their collapse may therefore act as an important factor in providing petrological variability to oceanic volcanoes. Conversely, the possibility exists that the presence of important felsic volcanism may indicate lateral collapses in oceanic shields and ridge-like volcanoes, even if they are concealed by post-collapse volcanism or partially mass-wasted by erosion.
Ämnesord
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Rifts
- NE Rift of Tenerife
- Canary Islands
- K/Ar ages
- sector collapses
- lateral collapses and geochemical evolution
- central felsic volcanoes and lateral collapses
- Earth sciences
- Geovetenskap
- Geovetenskap med inriktning mot mineralogi, petrologi och tektonik
- Earth Science with specialization in Mineral Chemistry, Petrology and Tectonics
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