Volcanological implications inferred from chemical analyses of olivines collected at São Jorge Island (Azorean Archipelago, Portugal)

• Main Author: BEGHINI, ERICA LUCE
• Other Authors: MARZOLI, ANDREA
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Olivine; Azores hotspot; Basaltic magmatism; Chemical diffusion; Time scaling; Jorge Island; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Nubian; North Atlantic; Ocean Island
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12608/52055

open The Azorean Archipelago, situated in the North Atlantic Ocean, is composed of nine active volcanic islands, put in place during the Quaternary. They are a result of the interaction between the Azores hotspot and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR). The archipelago intersects the MAR, with the Western...