Geophysics of the Canary Islands

This book contains the results of a 9 year (1995-2004) investigation of the Canary Islands Exclusive Economic Zone, using state of the art technology. The main result areas are:

• A multibeam survey demonstrating the magnitude of catastrophic failures of the Canary Islands
• A comparison of the morphology of the Canary Islands with Hawaii
• The significance of hydrothermal activity in the Canary Channel as...