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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 alternately: 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 marker dated mid-Miocene (16 Ma) at the DSDP site 397. The deepest reflection (E) in the basin was observed at 8 s (twt), which is an atypical oceanic basement.
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Geisslinger, A., Hirschleber, H.B., Schnaubelt, M. 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, 57–64 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02202599
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