Geometría del enjambre de diques cónicos de Vallehermoso La Gomera (Islas Canarias).

  1. Hernán Reguera, Francisco
  2. Cubas, C. R.
  3. Huertas Coronel, María José
  4. Brandle Matesanz, José Luis
  5. Ancochea Soto, Eumenio
Revista:
Geogaceta

ISSN: 0213-683X

Año de publicación: 1999

Número: 27

Páginas: 87-90

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Geogaceta

Resumen

A mainly phonolitic, 10 km in diameter, cone-sheet complex crops out on the northern area of La Comera. The swarm intrudes into the Basal Complex, The Old Basalts and other rocks of the Trachytic-phonolitic Complex to which they belong. The cone-sheet complex center lies south of Vallehermoso. Most of the dykes in the core of the structure are "conic dome-sheets" which start to be evidenced 400m far from the center and dip over 50°. In the surrounding area the dome-sheets are less frequent while simple cone-sheets are more abundant and dip more gently towards the periphery. From the analysis of their dips and distribution a single conic structure is deduced. The cone-sheets were originally connected to a hypothetical dome-shaped magmatic body whose uppermost part is at present located 1350m under sea level