Evolution of a volcanic island on the shoulder of an oceanic rift and geodynamic implications: S. Jorge Island on the Terceira Rift, Azores Triple Junction

• Published in: Tectonophysics
• Main Authors: Marques, F.O., Hildenbrand, A., Hübscher, C.
• Other Authors: Faculdade de Ciências Lisboa, Universidade de Lisboa = University of Lisbon = Université de Lisbonne (ULISBOA), Géosciences Paris Sud (GEOPS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut für Geophysik Hamburg, Universität Hamburg (UHH)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2018
• Subjects: [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Tilting; Jorge Island
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-01894661; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2018.05.012

International audience The S. Jorge Island in the Azores lies on a peculiar setting, the southern shoulder of the Terceira Rift (TR), which raises a series of questions that we address in this study. We first established the main volcanic stratigraphy by recognizing, in the field, the main unconform...