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El Hierro Island

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Editors:
  1. Pablo J. González

    1. Volcanology Research Group, Department of Life and Earth Sciences, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiologia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain

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  • Provides a timely review for the best monitored submarine eruption
  • Presents an authoritative and multidisciplinary approach
  • Summarizes the research on El Hierro and provides future perspectives

Part of the book series: Active Volcanoes of the World (AVOLCAN)

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This book presents an in-depth review of El Hierro Island, the youngest and most southwesterly volcano of the Canary Islands. In October 2011, a submarine eruption started offshore El Hierro Island. The 2011–2012 El Hierro eruption has probably been the best monitored and studied submarine eruption to date and has sparked interest in the study of this young ocean island volcano. During the last decade, multidisciplinary investigations, e.g., on the geological and volcanological character of its past and latest onshore and offshore eruptions, the geophysical and geochemical signatures of its magmatic plumbing system structure and dynamics, as well as the bio-geophysical interactions and consequences of submarine eruptions in the ocean, have been conducted. This book provides an authoritative review of many of these scientific advances as well as multiple remaining unknowns for the study of El Hierro Island and its 2011–2012 submarine eruption. Such knowledge should be of great interestto specialists not only in the Canary Islands volcanism but also in similar ocean island intraplate volcanoes.

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Geodynamics and Volcanology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. El Hierro Island Volcanological Science: An Overview

      • Pablo J. González
      Pages 3-16

    3. Past, Present and Future Volcanic Activity on El Hierro

      • Stavros Meletlidis, Laura Becerril, Alicia Felpeto
      Pages 17-39

    4. Review of Submarine Eruptions in El Hierro Prior to Tagoro

      • C. Guillén, M. C. Romero, I. Galindo
      Pages 41-58

  3. The 2011–2014 Volcanic Unrest and Submarine Eruption: Geology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. From Magma Source to Volcanic Sink Under Tagoro Volcano (El Hierro, Canary Islands): Petrologic, Geochemical and Physiographic Evolution of the 2011–2012 Submarine Eruption

      • Antonio M. Álvarez-Valero, Olga Sánchez-Guillamón, Irene Navarro, Helena Albert, Antonio Polo Sánchez, José A. Lozano Rodríguez et al.
      Pages 61-89

    3. Magma Storage and Migration in El Hierro During the Period 2011–2014

      • I. Domínguez Cerdeña, M. Charco, E. González-Alonso, C. del Fresno, M. A. Benito-Saz, L. García-Cañada
      Pages 91-110

    4. Geophysical, Geodetic and Geochemical Evidence for Precursory Activity: The 2011–2012 Tagoro Submarine Eruption

      • C. López, N. Luengo-Oroz, A. Felpeto, P. A. Torres-González, S. Meletlidis, L. García-Cañada et al.
      Pages 111-129

    5. Geomorphology of Tagoro Volcano Along Eruptive and Posteruptive Phases

      • Juan-Tomás Vázquez, Olga Sánchez Guillamón, Desirée Palomino, Luis Miguel Fernández Salas, Patricia Bárcenas, María Gómez-Ballesteros et al.
      Pages 131-158

  4. The 2011–2014 Volcanic Unrest and Submarine Eruption: Marine Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
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    2. Ten Years of Intense Physical–Chemical, Geological and Biological Monitoring Over the Tagoro Submarine Volcano Marine Ecosystem (Eruptive and Degassing Stages)

      • Eugenio Fraile-Nuez, J. Magdalena Santana-Casiano, Melchor González-Dávila, Alba González-Vega, Juan Tomás Vázquez, Ana Sotomayor-García et al.
      Pages 161-184

    3. Tagoro Submarine Volcano as a Natural Source of Significant Dissolved Inorganic Nutrients

      • Alba González-Vega, Jesús M. Arrieta, Magdalena Santana-Casiano, Melchor González-Dávila, Carolina Santana-González, Jesús M. Mercado et al.
      Pages 185-201

    4. Microbial Communities Surrounding an Underwater Volcano Near the Island of El Hierro (Canary Islands)

      • Isabel Ferrera, Jesús M. Arrieta, Marta Sebastián, Eugenio Fraile-Nuez
      Pages 203-216

    5. Impact of Tagoro Volcano Formation on Benthic Habitats and Associated Biota: A Review

      • Ana Sotomayor-García, José L. Rueda, Olga Sánchez-Guillamón, Javier Urra, Alejandro Martín-Arjona, Marcos González-Porto et al.
      Pages 217-239

  5. Volcanism and Society: Cascading Risks and Geoheritage

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 241-241
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    2. Identification and Management of Indirect Volcanic Risks: Citizens’ Rockfall Observatory on the Island of El Hierro

      • I. Galindo, I. Montoya-Montes, J. C. García López-Davalillo, R. Sarro, M. Llorente, N. Sánchez et al.
      Pages 243-255

    3. Tagoro, the Youngest Submarine Volcano in the Spanish Geoheritage Inventory: Scientific Value, Geoconservation and Opportunities for Geotourism

      • Juana Vegas, Inés Galindo, Juan-Tomás Vázquez, Ricardo León, Nieves Sánchez, Esther Martín-González et al.
      Pages 257-272
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Volcanology Research Group, Department of Life and Earth Sciences, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiologia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain

    Pablo J. González

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: El Hierro Island

  • Editors: Pablo J. González

  • Series Title: Active Volcanoes of the World

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35135-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-35134-1Published: 28 July 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-35137-2Due: 28 August 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-35135-8Published: 27 July 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2195-3589

  • Series E-ISSN: 2195-7029

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 272

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 81 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Geology, Geophysics/Geodesy, Natural Hazards, Geochemistry

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