Canary hotspot volcanic system

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hotspot intraplate volcanic system mantle plume

The Canary hotspot volcanic system is a mantle plume-driven volcanic region responsible for forming and sustaining the volcanically active Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Canary hotspot volcanic province 1
Canary hotspot volcanic system canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hotspot ⓘ
intraplate volcanic system ⓘ
mantle plume ⓘ
ageEstimate Mesozoic to Cenozoic activity ⓘ
associatedWith monogenetic volcanic fields ⓘ
ocean island basalts ⓘ
rift zones ⓘ
shield volcanoes ⓘ
submarine volcanic edifices ⓘ
controlsVolcanismOf El Hierro ⓘ
Fuerteventura ⓘ
Gran Canaria ⓘ
La Gomera ⓘ
La Palma ⓘ
Lanzarote ⓘ
Tenerife ⓘ
countryJurisdiction Spain ⓘ
drivenBy mantle upwelling ⓘ
eruptionStyle Hawaiian eruptions ⓘ
Strombolian eruptions ⓘ
effusive eruptions ⓘ
hasRecentEruptionsOn El Hierro ⓘ
La Palma ⓘ
heatSourceType deep mantle plume ⓘ
influences Canary Islands geothermal gradient ⓘ
Canary Islands seismicity ⓘ
Canary Islands topography ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
eastern Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Morocco ⓘ
Northwest Africa ⓘ
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ⓘ
surface form: Western Sahara
monitoredBy Instituto Geográfico Nacional (Spain) ⓘ
surface form: Instituto Geográfico Nacional of Spain

Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (INVOLCAN) ⓘ
surface form: Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias
oldestVolcanicActivityAge approximately 140 million years ⓘ
producedFeature El Hierro ⓘ
surface form: El Hierro submarine volcano Tagoro
produces basaltic lavas ⓘ
relatedTo Azores Plateau ⓘ
surface form: Azores hotspot

Cape Verde hotspot ⓘ
Hawaiian hotspot ⓘ
surface form: Hawaii hotspot
researchFocus intraplate island-arc interactions ⓘ
mantle plume dynamics ⓘ
ocean island basalt geochemistry ⓘ
responsibleForForming Canary Islands ⓘ
responsibleForSustaining volcanic activity of the Canary Islands ⓘ
tectonicPlate African Plate ⓘ
tectonicSetting passive continental margin ⓘ
volcanismType intraplate volcanism ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cumbre Vieja → partOf → Canary hotspot volcanic system ⓘ
Pico de las Nieves (Cumbre Vieja ridge area on La Palma often cited around 1949 m) → isPartOf → Canary hotspot volcanic system ⓘ
subject surface form: Pico de las Nieves (La Palma)
this entity surface form: Canary hotspot volcanic province