About three million years ago, the most active centre of volcanic activity shifted toward the central zone of the island. It would seem that, first a great...
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The oldest rocks to appear in Tenerife would seem to be about seven million years old. Previous submarine eruptions gradually accumulated in the island...
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The final stage encompasses the last half million years. It is characterised by a new kind of volcanism; on the one hand, a gigantic stratovolcano of Pico Viejo...
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The volcanic history of Tenerife is completed when the eruptions of which we know about are located. The Guanches, the island´s first settlers, would certainly...
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Volcanism in the Canary Islands belongs to the alkaline series, with basaltic rock predominating, although a whole range of rocks derived from the original...
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