This book reviews the geological evolution of the Canary Islands, one of the major volcanic archipelagos in the world. The authors use a very broad approach and treat major general aspects in 7 chapters before treating the geology ofindividual islands. Chapters include: Age and structure of the oceanic crustaround the Canary islands, temporal evolution, volcanic aprons, volcanic structures and rock types, petrological evolution, comparison Canaries-Hawaii, Geology of individual islands. Hazards. The new book is a much more in depth treatment of all subjects and a full coverage of the literature. Many photographs will be omitted and new ones included as well as many new graphs
- ISBN: 978-3-642-23104-9
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Fecha Publicación: 29/02/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés