MAPPING OF VOLCANIC APRON AND THE UPPER CRUST BETWEEN GRAN-CANARIA AND TENERIFE (CANARY-ISLANDS) WITH SEISMIC-REFLECTION PROFILING

Authors
GEISSLINGER A HIRSCHLEBER HB SCHNAUBELT M DANOBEITIA JJ GALLART J
Citation
A. Geisslinger et al., MAPPING OF VOLCANIC APRON AND THE UPPER CRUST BETWEEN GRAN-CANARIA AND TENERIFE (CANARY-ISLANDS) WITH SEISMIC-REFLECTION PROFILING, Geo-marine letters, 16(2), 1996, pp. 57-64
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary",Oceanografhy
Journal title
Geo-marine letters
ISSN journal
02760460 → ACNP
Volume
16
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
57 - 64
Database
ISI
SICI code
0276-0460(1996)16:2<57:MOVAAT>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
During the Volcanic Island Clastic Apron Project (VICAP), south of the Canary Islands, a total of 700 line-km multichannel seismic profiles were acquired. Two prominent reflectors (A and C) were observed altern ately: A is the top of the volcanic apron. C, at a depth of about 5.8 s (two way traveltime twt), can be correlated to reflector R7, a marke r dated mid-Miocene (16 Ma) at the DSDP site 397. The deepest reflecti on (E) in the basin was observed at 8 s (twt), which is an atypical oc eanic basement.