The morphology of the submarine flanks of volcanic ocean islands - A comparative study of the Canary and Hawaiian hotspot islands

The submarine flanks of volcanic islands are shaped by volcanic constructional processes, landslides, erosion, sediment deposition and tectonic movements. We use a newly acquired multibeam sonar dataset from the westerly Canary Islands (El Hierro, La Palma and Tenerife) to develop a comparison with...

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Main Authors: Mitchell, N, Masson, D, Watts, A, Gee, M, Urgeles, R
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado: 2002