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Teide Volcano has many different meanings: For the Guanche
aborigines, who endured several of its eruptions, it was Echeide
(Hell). Early navigators had in Teide, a lifesaving widely visible
landmark that was towering over the clouds. For the first
explorers, Teide was a challenging and dangerous climb, since it
was thought that Teide's peak was so high that from its summit the
sun was too close and far too hot to survive. Teide was considered
the highest mountain in the world at that time and measuring its
height precisely was a great undertaking and at the time of global
scientific significance. For von Buch, von Humboldt, Lyell and
other great 18th and19th century naturalists, Teide helped to shape
a new and now increasingly 'volcanic' picture, where the origin of
volcanic rocks (from solidified magma) slowly casted aside
Neptunism and removed some of the last barriers for the development
of modern Geology and Volcanology as the sciences we know today.
For the present day population of Tenerife, living on top of the
world's third tallest volcanic structure on the planet, Teide has
actually become "Padre Teide", a fatherly protector and an
emblematic icon of Tenerife, not to say of the Canaries as a whole.
The UNESCO acknowledged this iconic and complex volcano, as "of
global importance in providing evidence of the geological processes
that underpin the evolution of oceanic islands". Today, 'Teide
National Park' boasts 4 Million annual visitors including many
'volcano spotters' and is a spectacular natural environment which
most keep as an impression to treasure and to never forget. For us,
the editors of this book, Teide is all of the above; a 'hell of a
job', a navigation point on cloudy days, a challenge beyond
imagination, a breakthrough in our understanding of oceanic
volcanism that has shaped our way of thinking about volcanoes, and
lastly, Teide provides us with a reference point from where to
start exploring other oceanic volcanoes in the Canaries and beyond.
Here we have compiled the different aspects and the current
understanding of this natural wonder.
Teide Volcano has many different meanings: For the Guanche
aborigines, who endured several of its eruptions, it was Echeide
(Hell). Early navigators had in Teide, a lifesaving widely visible
landmark that was towering over the clouds. For the first
explorers, Teide was a challenging and dangerous climb, since it
was thought that Teide's peak was so high that from its summit the
sun was too close and far too hot to survive. Teide was considered
the highest mountain in the world at that time and measuring its
height precisely was a great undertaking and at the time of global
scientific significance. For von Buch, von Humboldt, Lyell and
other great 18th and19th century naturalists, Teide helped to shape
a new and now increasingly 'volcanic' picture, where the origin of
volcanic rocks (from solidified magma) slowly casted aside
Neptunism and removed some of the last barriers for the development
of modern Geology and Volcanology as the sciences we know today.
For the present day population of Tenerife, living on top of the
world's third tallest volcanic structure on the planet, Teide has
actually become "Padre Teide", a fatherly protector and an
emblematic icon of Tenerife, not to say of the Canaries as a whole.
The UNESCO acknowledged this iconic and complex volcano, as "of
global importance in providing evidence of the geological processes
that underpin the evolution of oceanic islands". Today, 'Teide
National Park' boasts 4 Million annual visitors including many
'volcano spotters' and is a spectacular natural environment which
most keep as an impression to treasure and to never forget. For us,
the editors of this book, Teide is all of the above; a 'hell of a
job', a navigation point on cloudy days, a challenge beyond
imagination, a breakthrough in our understanding of oceanic
volcanism that has shaped our way of thinking about volcanoes, and
lastly, Teide provides us with a reference point from where to
start exploring other oceanic volcanoes in the Canaries and beyond.
Here we have compiled the different aspects and the current
understanding of this natural wonder.
This book provides the first comprehensive compilation of
cutting-edge research on Merapi volcano on the island of Java,
Indonesia, one of the most iconic volcanoes in the world. It
integrates results from both the natural (geology, petrology,
geochemistry, geophysics, physical volcanology) and social
sciences, and provides state-of-the-art information on volcano
monitoring, the assessment of volcanic hazards, and risk mitigation
measures. As one of Indonesia's most active and dangerous
volcanoes, Merapi is perhaps best known for its pyroclastic density
currents, which are produced by gravitational or explosive lava
dome failures (commonly referred to as Merapi-type nuees ardentes).
Merapi's eruptions have posed a persistent threat to life, property
and infrastructure within the densely populated areas on the
volcano's flanks, as demonstrated most recently by catastrophic
eruptions, which attracted worldwide media interest.
The Geology of the Canary Islands provides a concise overview of
the geology and volcanology of the Canary Islands, along with 27
carefully planned day excursions comprising trips on all of the
islands. Each stop includes a description on how to approach a site
and where to park with GPS locations provided. The book covers all
the spectacular features of the islands, including active ocean
island volcanoes whose origins are linked to a hot spot or plume
causing anomalously hot mantle material to intrude the African
plate, submarine volcanic sequences uplifted inside the islands,
sub- aerial shield volcanoes, and the remains of giant lateral
collapses. Through its clearly written and richly color-illustrated
introduction and field guide, this book is essential reading for
geologists who visit the Canary Islands, one of the largest and
most fascinating active volcanic systems in Europe.
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