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Carbonatite from
Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain


Locality type:Island Council
Classification
Type:Carbonatite
Age information
Maximum recorded age:23.2 ± 1.0 Ma
Minimum recorded age:22.1 ± 0.9 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
123.2 ± 1.0 to 22.1 ± 0.9 MaCenozoic -
Sample references:
1 -
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Carbonatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1312551
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1312551:2
GUID (UUID V4):ad12d2de-9060-49f3-9080-1d2b2d54ec6e
Localities for Carbonatite in this Region
Fuerteventura Basal Complex, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain
Esquinzo ultra-alkaline complex, Fuerteventura Basal Complex, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain
Montaña Blanca-Milocho carbonatite, Fuerteventura basal complex, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sr-rich minerals in a carbonatite skarn, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (Spain) A. Ahijado1 , R. Casillas1...Geologı́a, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory for Geochemical...Departmento Geologı́a, Universidad de Huelva, Huelva, Spain 2 Received April 2, 2004; revised version accepted...carbonatites and related skarn deposits, located in Fuerteventura Basal Complex, contain unusual Sr-rich minerals...skarn deposits associated with alkaline and carbonatite complexes (Birkett and Sinclair, 1996). The present
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
alkaline-carbonatitic association of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain Mercedes Muñoza,*, Juana Sagredob...Madrid, Spain b Instituto de Geologı́a Económica, CSIC, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain c Departamento...Carlos, C/Tulipán s/n, 28933, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain d Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History...Abstract Zircons from a nepheline-syenite of the Fuerteventura Basal Complex were dated by Laser Ablation Inductively...silicate rocks and associated carbonatites of Fuerteventura. Therefore, they strongly support the existence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Removal of continental lithosphere beneath the Canary archipelago revealed from a U-Pb Age and Hf/O isotope...Removal of continental lithosphere beneath the Canary archipelago revealed from a U-Pb Age and Hf/ O...Removal of Continental Lithosphere beneath the Canary Archipelago Revealed from a U-Pb Age and Hf/O Isotope...modern sands located throughout western Fuerteventura, Canary Islands lP as a proxy for the timing and origin...time-integrated record of the islands geologic evolution. na Fuerteventura U-Pb detrital zircon age spectra
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Assessment of radon risk areas in the Eastern Canary Islands using soil radon gas concentration and gas...Department, Campus de Tafira, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain H I G H L I G H T S G R A P H I...• Maps of radon prone areas in the Eastern Canary Islands are displayed based on GRP. • The subsequent...radon-prone areas in the Eastern Canary Islands (Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote) obtained from...covering all geological formations of the Eastern Canary Islands was undertaken to locally sample these parameters
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
interaction in the carbonatites of Fuerteventura žCanary Islands, Spain /: a C, O, H isotope study A. Demeny...Astrofisico Fco. Sanchez, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain ´ c Institut fur Tubingen, Wilhelmstrasse 56, Tubingen...3 August 1998 Abstract Fuerteventura—the second largest of the Canary Islands consists of Mesozoic sediments...B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Canary Islands; Carbonatite; Stable isotopes; Sediment assimilation...ocean island complexes: Cape Verde and Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. The magmatic activity of the ) Corresponding
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
succession of the basal complex of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands: A model of submarine growth and emergence...emergence of tectonic volcanic islands Margarita Gutiérrez† Estudios del Terreno S.L., C/España no. 21...38390 Santa Úrsula, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Ramón Casillas‡ Departamento de Edafología...38206 La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Carlos Fernández§ Departamento de Geodinámica...Universidad de Huelva, Campus de El Carmen, 21071 Huelva, Spain Kadosa Balogh# Institute of Nuclear Research, Hungarian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Metacarbonatites in the Basal Complex of Fuerteventura (Canary Islands). The role of fluid/rock interactions...38206, La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Institute for Geochemical Research, Hungarian...Universidad de Huelva, Campus de El Carmen, 21071 Huelva, Spain a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...Available online 11 March 2011 Keywords: Canary Islands Fuerteventura Carbon and oxygen isotope composition...s t r a c t The Basal Complex of Fuerteventura, in the Canary Islands, contains an ultra-alkaline complex
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
isotope thermometry in carbonatites, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain A. Demény1, T. W. Vennemann2 ,...Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain Received November 29, 2002; revised version accepted...temperatures of the oceanic carbonatites of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, have been determined from oxygen isotope...Cathodoluminescence characteristics were investigated for the carbonatite minerals in order to determine the extent of... The above range is in agreement with other carbonatite thermometric studies. This is the first study
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
de/chemer Carbonate xenoliths in La Palma: Carbonatite or alteration product? Attila Deménya,, Ramón...Astrofisico Fco. Sánchez, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain c School of Ocean and Earth Science, Southampton...rocks of the Basal Complexes of La Palma and Fuerteventura and are interpreted as produced by fluid degassing...elements; Basal Complex; Canary Islands 1. Introduction Almost 500 carbonatite occurrences are known worldwide...ocean island settings (only in the Canary and the Cape Verde Islands, see Hoernle et al., 2002, although
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
alkaline–carbonatitic association of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain Cristina de Ignacio a,b,⁎, Mercedes...Carlos, C/Tulipán s/n, 28933, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain b Department Petrología y Geoquímica, Fac. CC. Geológicas...Madrid, Spain c Instituto Geología Económica, CSIC, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain d Laboratory...reported only at the Canary and Cape Verde islands in the Atlantic Ocean. In the Canary archipelago, calciocarbonatites...calciocarbonatites occur only on the island of Fuerteventura, in clear spatial and temporal association to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carbonatites: New Insights from Fuerteventura Carbonatites (Canary Islands) Gabriele Carnevale 1, * , Antonio...having been reported only in Cape Verde and Canary Islands. This paper provides an overview of the main...calcite, and clinopyroxene from Fuerteventura carbonatites (Canary Islands). Trace elements show a similar...abundance diagrams. 3 He/4 He isotopic ratios of Fuerteventura carbonatites reflect a shallow (sub-continental...noble gases isotopes; oceanic carbonatites; Fuerteventura; Cape Verde Characteristics of Oceanic Carbonatites:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metacarbonatites of the Basal Complex of Fuerteventura (Canary Islands) Ramón Casillas a,⁎, Géza Nagy b, Attila...38206, La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Institute for Geochemical Research, Hungarian...Universidad de Huelva, Campus de El Carmen, 21071 Huelva, Spain a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...Niocalite Cuspidine Baghdadite Metacarbonatite Fuerteventura Canaries a b s t r a c t Metamorphosed carbonatites...located in the Basal Complex of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (Spain), contain unusual Ca-Nb-Zr disilicates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
dykes in a contact metamorphic aureole, Fuerteventura (Canary Islands): oxygen isotope evidence for a meteoric...around a pyroxenite–gabbro intrusion (PX2), on Fuerteventura. Dykes outside and inside the aureole record...zones, near a spreading centre in the Shetland Islands. Bédard (1991) and Mevel (1988) also report occurrences...described in Fuerteventura Basal Complex (Hobson et al. 1998, 2000). The Basal Complex of Fuerteventura, Canary...Canary Islands, represents the hypabyssal root zone of an ocean island volcano, exposure of which can be
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
molten basic igneous rocks in a contact aureole (Fuerteventura, Canaries) M.I. Holloway ⁎, F. Bussy Institute...of an ocean island (Basal Complex, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands). These migmatites are characterised...Leucosome; Basanitic dykes; Trace elements; Fuerteventura 1. Introduction In-depth, small-scale analyses...pyroxenite intrusion in the Basal Complex of Fuerteventura (Canary Islands), was emplaced at fairly shallow crustal...zones near a spreading centre in the Shetland Islands. Bédard (1991) and Mevel (1988) also report occurrences
Book
Iceland Thor Thordarson & Armann Hoskuldsson . Canary Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day . The north...geomorphology Ian Livingstone & Andrew Warren Canary Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo Consejo Superior de Investigaciones...Composition of magmas 5; Morphology 1 of the islands and subsidence histories 6; Controls on volcano...Getting to and around the islands 14; Practicalities in the field 16 Fuerteventura vag| Introduction 21;...21; Logistics on Fuerteventura 30; Seamount rocks and deep- ocean sediments 31; Shield volcanoes in the
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Carbonatites are known in the oceanic islands of the Cape Verde and Canary archipelagos near the continental...Africa. Such rocks are proposed to exist in oceanic islands far from the continents, like Hawaii, based on...investigations. Although not observed on any oceanic islands, kimberlites likewise may well exist with depth...depth in nephelinitic series–bearing oceanic islands based on trace-element, petrologic, and experimental...observed on oceanic islands but the K2O-rich metasomatized sources proposed for carbonatite and kimberlite
Book
The Geology of the Canary Islands The Geology of the Canary Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo Honorary...Honorary Emeritus Professor, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Valentin R. Troll Chair in Petrology...MPS Limited, Chennai, India Foreword The Canary Islands are highly popular with tourists, yet relatively...brings up to date and extends the earlier “Canary Islands” publication by Carracedo and Day, which appeared...growth, and erosion of these fascinating volcanic islands. The opening chapter provides an overview of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
alkaline–carbonatitic association of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain. Chem. Geol. 232, 99–113 Attila...Astrofisico Fco. Sánchez, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain Received 27 September 2006; received in revised...origin of the oceanic carbonatites of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, de Ignacio and co-workers (de Ignacio...part (the Montaña Blanca, or Esquinzo area) of Fuerteventura. Unfortunately the localities within the Ajui-Solapa...distributions in the different carbonatite complexes of Fuerteventura can be effectively used to select
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
alkaline–carbonatitic association of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain. Chem Geol. 232, 99–113 Cristina...Carlos, C/ Tulipán s/n, 28933, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain b Dpt. Petrología y Geoquímica, Fac. CC. Geológicas...Madrid, Spain c Instituto Geología Económica, CSIC, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain Received...the radiogenic isotope compositions of the Fuerteventura alkaline–carbonatitic association. Thus, they...Biología y Geología, C/ Tulipin s/n, 28933 Madrid, Spain. Fax: +34 91 6647490. E-mail addresses: cristina
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rain, and carbonate sediments from the eastern Canary Islands Yurena Yanes a,⁎, Antonio Delgado b , Carolina...(CSIC), Granada. Prof. Albareda 1, 18008, Granada, Spain c Departamento de Biología Animal, Facultad de Biología...Sánchez, s/n. 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Departamento de Edafología y Geología, Facultad...Sánchez, s/n. 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Received 18 May 2007; received in revised...utility of this approach for low-latitude oceanic islands, populations of the modern helicid land snail Theba
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
alkali basalt - tholeiite suite at Lanzarote, Canary Islands: Carbonated melts of heterogeneous mantle source...of Madrid, 12 Jose Antonio Novais, 28040 Madrid, Spain c NordVulk, Institute of Earth Sciences, University...mantle source for mafic magma erupting on oceanic islands. However, the composition of this lithosphere,...Timanfaya eruption (1730–1736) at Lanzarote, Canary Islands, produced a range of mafic magmas that evolved...asthenosphere-lithosphere boundary beneath the eastern Canary Islands. Keywords: Lanzarote 1730–1736 eruption Carbon
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sáo Tiago, Maio and Sáo Vicente) and Canary (Fuerteventura) Islands. Carbonatites show pronounced enrichment...reported for silicate volcanic rocks from these islands (18.7–19.9; Gerlach et al. 1988; Kokfelt 1998)...in silicate volcanic rocks from the Canary and Cape Verde Islands) cannot be explained through secondary...two oceanic localities (the Cape Verde and Canary Islands), both of which are located on old (>130 Ma)...North Atlantic showing the Cape Verde and Canary Islands. Islands with carbonatites are shown in black compositions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
dehydration in the upper mantle beneath Fuerteventura (eastern Canary Islands): Evidence from mantle xenoliths...November 2005 Abstract Mantle xenoliths from Fuerteventura (spinel-bearing harzburgites, dunites, and rare...and wehrlites) in the easternmost part of the Canary Islands chain, are highly deformed and show a wide...other Canary Islands appears to have had similar composition before the onset of the Canary Islands magmatism...The bfibrous texturesQ in many xenoliths from Fuerteventura are interpreted as the results of partial serpentinization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
continental crust (Bell and Tilton, 2002). Moreover, carbonatite melts can separate from mantle sections as thick...mafic dikes and basaltic lavas from the Gardar Province, South Greenland (Halama et al., 2003, 2004, 2005)...Ma old carbonatite from Sokli (Finland), Tertiary carbonatites from Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain)...Oldoinyo Lengai (Tanzania), the world's only active carbonatite volcano, for which Li isotope data have previously...Calcite carbonatite Calcite carbonatite Silico-carbonatite Calcite carbonatite Calcite carbonatite Calcite
Book
GeoGuide Peter Kresten Valentin R. Troll The Alnö Carbonatite Complex, Central Sweden GeoGuide Series editors...Peter T. Bobrowsky, Canada Jesús Martínez-Frías, Spain Axel Vollbrecht, Germany The GeoGuide series publishes... Peter Kresten Valentin R. Troll • The Alnö Carbonatite Complex, Central Sweden 123 Peter Kresten...works where a magmatic origin was proposed for carbonatite—alkaline silicate rock associations focused on...Archaean to the present. The only currently active carbonatite volcano, Oldoinyo Lengai (Fig. 1a) in the East
 
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