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An updated and refined Holocene uplift history of southern Tenerife (Canary Islands) and the possible consequences for future volcanic activity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 July 2015

E. BUCHNER ,
J. KRÖCHERT  and
M. SCHMIEDER
E. BUCHNER*
Affiliation:
HNU – Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Wileystraße 1, 89231 Neu-Ulm, Germany Institut für Mineralogie und Kristallchemie, Universität Stuttgart, Azenbergstraße 18, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany
J. KRÖCHERT
Affiliation:
CDM Smith Consult GmbH, Motorstraße 5, 70499 Stuttgart, Germany
M. SCHMIEDER
Affiliation:
Philamlife Village, Pueblo de Oro, Upper Carmen, Cagayan de Oro 9000, Philippines
*
†Author for correspondence: elmar.buchner@hs-neu-ulm.de
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Abstract

Various uplift markers suggest asymmetrical uplift of Tenerife Island, with stable conditions in the north but significant uplift of up to 45 m in the south over the past ~42 ka. Fossil shells in beach deposits uplifted by 7.5–9 m were 14C-dated at a Holocene age of 2460±35 bp (1σ). This confirms earlier results and documents very young, and probably still ongoing, uplift of southern Tenerife potentially caused by ascending magma. This underlines that southern Tenerife is probably undergoing a further cycle of volcanic activity that started ~95 ka ago.

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Tenerife Islanduplift markersradiocarbon datingHolocenemagma underplating

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Geological Magazine , Volume 152 , Issue 6 , November 2015 , pp. 1137 - 1144
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