List of volcanoes in Portugal - Wikipedia
WEBThe following is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in the Portuguese territories of the Azores and Madeira . Azores[edit] The largest volcano in the Azores: Mount Pico. A series of cones toward the Caldeira on Faial. The shield volcano of Santa Bárbara on Terceira. Pico do Gaspar, a spatter cone on Terceira. Madeira[edit]
Azores - Wikipedia
WEBThe last significant volcanic eruption, the Capelinhos volcano (Vulcão dos Capelinhos), occurred off the coast of the island of Faial in 1957; the most recent volcanic activity occurred in the seamounts and submarine volcanoes off the coast of Serreta and in the Pico-São Jorge Channel.
List of volcanoes in Azores - Wikipedia
WEBList of volcanoes in Portugal#Azores; To a section: This is a redirect from a topic that does not have its own page to a section of a page on the subject. For redirects to embedded anchors on a page, use {{R to anchor}} instead.
Rifting of the oceanic Azores Plateau with episodic volcanic activity ...
WEBNov 12, 2020 · Here, we present geochronological and geochemical data on the upper 1.2 km of the Azores Plateau crust that give evidence for episodic volcanic activity at the Terceira Rift. The new data show ...
Travels in Geology: Mid-ocean volcanic excursion: The calderas …
WEBFriday, January 11, 2019. One of the most beautiful places in the Azores, the caldera of Sete Cidades is ringed by hiking trails and trachytic pumice. Credit: Kat Cantner and Colin McFadden. In the middle of the Atlantic, 1,600 kilometers off the coast of Portugal, lie the Azores, an archipelago comprising nine remote islands, each with its own ...
Chapter 1 Volcanic geology of São Miguel Island (Azores …
WEBSep 16, 2015 · In 1993 Furnas Volcano was selected as one of the European Union Laboratory Volcanoes and this facilitated its detailed investigation, with studies ranging from geological history through styles of eruptive activity to aspects of hazard assessment, management and vulnerability (Duncan et al. 1999).This project was financed by the …
Azores Volcanic Archipel (Portugal) Information - VolcanoDiscovery
WEBVolcanoes of the Azores (14) Agua de Pau | Corvo | Don Joao de Castro Bank | Fajã de Cima | Fayal | Flores | Furnas | Graciosa | Monaco Bank | Pico | Picos Volcanic System | São Jorge | Sete Cidades | Terceira. 50 km. 50 mi. + −. Leaflet | © Esri / …
Volcanic geology and eruption frequency, São Miguel, Azores
WEBSix volcanic zones comprise São Miguel, the largest island in the Azores. All are Quaternary in age except the last, which is partly Pliocene. From west to east the zones are (1) the trachyte stratovolcano of Sete Cidades, (2) a field of alkali-basalt cinder cones and lava flows with minor trachyte, (3) the trachyte stratovolcano of Agua de ...
Azores - Wikiwand
WEBThe Azores, officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores, is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal. It is an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North Atlantic Ocean, about 1,400 km (870 mi) west of Lisbon, about 1,500 km (930 mi) northwest of Morocco, and about 1,930 km (1,200 mi) …
Volcanologists seek answers as island in Portugal's Azores keeps ...
WEBMar 28, 2022 · The island's sudden increase in seismic activity is reminiscent of the earthquakes detected before the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain's La Palma island last year, some 1,400 km (870 ...
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