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Morphology of Quaternary phonolite lavas from Tenerife, Canary Islands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

W. I. Ridley
W. I. Ridley
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Imperial College, London S.W.7
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Summary

Phonolite lava from the Viejo and Teide volcanoes show a wide variation in flow morphology, from viscous, spoon-shaped lavas to thin flows more than 8km long that often show well developed lava channels. The apparent fluidity of these lavas is considered to be largely due to their strongly alkaline character.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 107 , Issue 6 , November 1970 , pp. 559 - 560
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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