Geología de la isla de Branco (Cabo Verde)

The morphological, structural and volcanological aspects of Branco, an island of the Cape Verde Archipelago, are described and interpreted in this work. The isle consists of a 700 m thick pile of basalt lava flows and scarce pyroclastics crossed by several families of dikes. The structure of the isl...

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Autores: Ancochea Soto, Eumenio, Brandle, J.L., Hernán, F., Huertas Coronel, María José
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/50433
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50433
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:55(665.8)
Volcanic edifices
Oceanic islands
Branco
Barlovento Island
Cape Verde
Petrología
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Sumario:The morphological, structural and volcanological aspects of Branco, an island of the Cape Verde Archipelago, are described and interpreted in this work. The isle consists of a 700 m thick pile of basalt lava flows and scarce pyroclastics crossed by several families of dikes. The structure of the island could correspond to the remaining fragment of a primitive large shield volcano. The main hypothetical emission centre could once be situated between the present islands of Santa Luzia and Branco.