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Comparison of volcanic rifts on La Palma and El Hierro, Canary Islands and the Island of Hawaii

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The meso-scale (km) morphology of the well-studied volcanic rift zones on the Island of Hawaii is compared to the morphology of the lesser known rift zones of La Palma and El Hierro, Canary Islands. We find that there are both differences and similarities in their morphologic characteristics. In general, the rift zones on La Palma and El Hierro are shorter (a few tens of km in length) than those on Hawaii (ranging up to >100 km in length), perhaps reflecting both magma supply and composition. Many of the rift zones on Hawaii have well defined axial zones, both on-and offshore. In contrast, the rift zones on La Palma and El Hierro display various geometries ranging from linear ridges having smooth to irregular crests to structures with a broad fan-like morphology in plan view. The pronounced fanning may be a reflection of: 1) the stress field within the rift being insufficient to trap dikes within a narrow region, 2) dike injection and volcanism shifting laterally through time, 3) volcanoes building nearly one atop of another in the Canary Islands, superimposing the stress field of one structure on the other and thus yielding a more complex distribution of gravitational stresses, and 4) low rate of magma supply producing low magma pressures and thus randomly oriented dike injections. Irregularities and curvature along the axes of the rifts on La Palma and El Hierro may be a reflection of differences in the rate of magma production. Unlike the volcanoes on the Island of Hawaii there may be insufficient volumes of lavas erupted on La Palma and El Hierro to smooth out irregularities. The superposition of rifts from different volcanoes may also add to topographic irregularities in the Canary Islands, especially if eruption rates are low.

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  1. Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Grupo de Cartografía Multihaz, Corazón de María, 8, 28002, Madrid

    J. Acosta, A. Muñoz, P. Herranz, C. Palomo & M. Ballesteros

  2. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA

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  3. A. Carbó, A.Muñoz-Martín, Univ. Complutense, J. Martín-Dávila, M. Catalán and J.A. Marín, Real Observatorio de la Armada. S. Fernando, F. Pérez-Carrillo, C. Maté, Instituto Hidrográfico de la Marina, Madrid, Cádiz, Spain

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Acosta, J., Uchupi, E., Smith, D. et al. Comparison of volcanic rifts on La Palma and El Hierro, Canary Islands and the Island of Hawaii. Mar Geophys Res 24, 59–90 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11001-004-1162-6

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