Slope failures on the flanks of the western Canary Islands by Masson, D, Watts, A, Gee, M, Urgeles, R, Mitchell, N, Le Bas, T, Canals, M

“…Landslides have been a key process in the evolution of the western Canary Islands. The younger and more volcanically active Canary Islands, El Hierro, La Palma and Tenerife, show the clearest evidence of recent landslide activity. …”

Landslides and the evolution of El Hierro in the Canary Islands by Gee, M, Watts, A, Masson, D, Mitchell, N

“…Seismic and sonar data have been used to evaluate the extent and characteristics of giant landslides on the flanks of El Hierro in the Canary Islands. As the youngest and most southwesterly of the Canary Islands, El Hierro has experienced rapid growth and destructive events in its 1.12 million year history. …”

A giant landslide on the north flank of Tenerife, Canary Islands by Watts, A, Masson, D

A seismic study of lithospheric flexure in the vicinity of Tenerife, Canary Islands by Watts, A, Peirce, C, Collier, J, Dalwood, R, Canales, J, Henstock, T

“…Seismic data have been used to determine the crustal and upper mantle structure of Tenerife, Canary Islands, a volcanic island of Tertiary age located on > 140 Ma oceanic crust. …”

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE, GRAVITY-ANOMALIES AND FLEXURE OF THE LITHOSPHERE IN THE VICINITY OF THE CANARY-ISLANDS by Watts, A

“…Simple elastic plate models have been used to calculate the flexure of the lithosphere caused by volcanic loading at the Canary Islands and sediment loading at the Moroccan continental margin. …”

Wide-angle seismic constraints on the internal structure of Tenerife, Canary Islands by Canales, J, Danobeitia, J, Watts, A

“…We have used wide-angle seismic data to constrain the internal structure of Tenerife, Canary Islands. The experiment was designed as a seismic fan profile to detect azimuthal variations in the seismic structure of the volcanic edifice and its flanks. …”

Offshore continuation of volcanic rift zones, El Hierro, Canary Islands by Gee, M, Masson, D, Watts, A, Mitchell, N

“…El Hierro is the youngest and most southwesterly of the seven Canary islands. The established view, based on subaerial geology, is that El Hierro is a classic example of an oceanic island with 120° - spaced volcanic rift arms (VRZs) forming a "mercedes star". …”

Recurrent large-scale landsliding on the west flank of La Palma, Canary Islands by Urgeles, R, Masson, D, Canals, M, Watts, A, Le Bas, T

New sonar evidence for recent catastrophic collapses of the north flank of Tenerife, Canary Islands by Watts, A, Masson, D

The morphology of the submarine flanks of volcanic ocean islands - A comparative study of the Canary and Hawaiian hotspot islands by Mitchell, N, Masson, D, Watts, A, Gee, M, Urgeles, R

“…We use a newly acquired multibeam sonar dataset from the westerly Canary Islands (El Hierro, La Palma and Tenerife) to develop a comparison with the Hawaiian Islands, which suggests differences in the processes constructing and modifying their flanks. …”

Lithospheric response to volcanic loading by the Canary Islands: constraints from seismic reflection data in their flexural moat by Collier, J, Watts, A

“…We use multichannel seismic reflection profiles to determine the seismic stratigraphy of the flexural moat that flanks the Canary Islands. The moat stratigraphy has been divided into 5 units on the basis of internal character and correlation of distinctive reflections. …”

A detailed geophysical study in the Canary Basin (eastern Atlantic): implications for the internal structure of 130 Ma oceanic crust by Collier, J, Henstock, T, Peirce, C, Watts, A

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The Saharan debris flow: an insight into the mechanics of long runout submarine debris flows by Gee, M, Masson, D, Watts, A, Allen, P

“…We suggest that pelagic sediment, sourced and mobilized as debris flow from the African continental margin, loaded and destabilized volcaniclastic material in the vicinity of the western Canaries. When subjected to this loading, the volcaniclastic material appears to have formed a highly fluid sandy debris flow, capable of transporting with it the huge volumes of pelagic debris, and contributing to a runout distance extending over 400 km downslope of the Canary Islands on slopes that decrease to as little as 0.05°. …”

Passage of debris flows and turbidity currents through a topographic constriction: seafloor erosion and deflection of flow pathways by Gee, M, Masson, D, Watts, A, Mitchell, N

“…Between El Hierro Island and the Hijas Seamount on the continental rise, an ≈25- to 40-km-wide topographic gap is present, through which the Saharan debris flow and turbidites from the continental margin and flanks of the Canary Islands passed. Recently, the first deep-towed sonar images have been obtained, showing dramatic erosional and depositional processes operating within this topographic 'gap' or 'constriction'. …”