El Tiñor Volcano, El Hierro, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spaini
Regional Level Types | |
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El Tiñor Volcano | Volcano |
El Hierro | Island |
Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province | Province |
Canary Islands | Group of Autonomous Communities |
Spain | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
27° 47' 50'' North , 17° 56' 2'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Locality type:
Age:
1.12 ± 0.02 to 0.882 ± 0.013 Ma
Geologic Time:
Dating method:
K-Ar
Reference for age:
Guillou, H., Carracedo, J. C., Torrado, F. P., & Badiola, E. R. (1996). K-Ar ages and magnetic stratigraphy of a hotspot-induced, fast grown oceanic island: El Hierro, Canary Islands. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 73(1-2), 141-155. doi.org/10.1016/0377-0273(96)00021-2
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Valverde | 5,000 (2012) | 2.0km |
Frontera | 4,010 (2011) | 8.4km |
La Restinga | 541 (2011) | 18.0km |
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References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Woolley, A. R. (2019). Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World, Part 4: Antarctica, Asia and Europe (excluding the former USSR), Australasia and Oceanic Islands. Geological Society of London, p. 479.
Carracedo, J. C., Rodriguez-Badiola, E., Guillou, H., Nuez Pestana, J. D. L., & Pérez Torrado, F. J. (2001). Geology and volcanology of La Palma and El Hierro, Western Canaries. Estudios Geológicos, 57,175-273. doi.org/10.3989/egeol.01575-6134
Stroncik, N. A., Klügel, A., & Hansteen, T. H. (2009). The magmatic plumbing system beneath El Hierro (Canary Islands): constraints from phenocrysts and naturally quenched basaltic glasses in submarine rocks. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 157(5), 593-607.doi.org/10.1007/s00410-008-0354-5
Sigmarsson, O., Laporte, D., Carpentier, M., Devouard, B., Devidal, J. L., & Marti, J. (2013). Formation of U-depleted rhyolite from a basanite at El Hierro, Canary Islands. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 165(3), 601-622. doi.org/10.1007/s00410-012-0826-5
Neumann, E. R. (1991). Ultramafic and mafic xenoliths from Hierro, Canary Islands: evidence for melt infiltration in the upper mantle. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 106(2), 236-252. doi.org/10.1007/BF00306436
Whitehouse, M. J., & Neumann, E. R. (1995). Sr-Nd-Pb isotope data for ultramafic xenoliths from Hierro, Canary Islands: melt infiltration processes in the upper mantle. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 119(2-3), 239-246. doi.org/10.1007/BF00307284
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