creators_name: Gee, M.J.R. creators_name: Masson, D.G. creators_name: Watts, A.B. creators_name: Mitchell, N.C. type: article datestamp: 2008-11-03 12:41:40 lastmod: 2008-11-06 14:58:40 title: Offshore continuation of volcanic rift zones, El Hierro, Canary Islands ispublished: pub subjects: QE full_text_status: none keywords: Canary Islands; El Hierro; flank rift zones; Southern Ridge . abstract: 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 "merce date: 2001 date_type: published publication: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research volume: 105 number: 1/2 pagerange: 107-119 id_number: doi:10.1016/S0377-0273(00)00241-9 institution: University of Southampton department: Oceanography refereed: TRUE official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0273(00)00241-9 citation: Gee, M.J.R., Masson, D.G., Watts, A.B. and Mitchell, N.C. (2001) Offshore continuation of volcanic rift zones, El Hierro, Canary Islands. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 105 (1/2). pp. 107-119.