Descripción
- Editorial: Organismo Autónomo Parques Nacionales ( OAPN) y Instituto Geológico y Minero de España ( IGME)
- Año de edición:2015
- ISBN:978-84-8014-878-8
- Páginas: 204
- Idioma:Inglés
Teide National Park Geological Guide
At 3,718 m, Mount Teide is the highest peak of all the lands in the Atlantic Ocean, and the third highest volcano on an oceanic island. It arose in one of the largest volcanic calderas in the world, the Caldera de las Cañadas, which, with its 45 km perimeter and 600 m depth, displays on its walls the great and complex geological history of the center of the island of Tenerife.
In the Geological Guide of the Teide National Park, the phenomena of construction, explosion, subsidence and violent landslides that have made this park one of the best volcanic landscapes on the planet are presented in an informative manner. Nine specific chapters of the most representative geological itineraries are included, with the description of the geological and geomorphological elements and processes that affect the territory covered by the national park, framed in the context of a volcanic island like Tenerife. The guide is accompanied by a Geological Map, which represents the geological units with significance in the evolution and genesis of the landscape and a Geomorphological Map that contemplates the main elements of the relief, classified genetically, and the most important active processes that affect to the territory delimited by the map.
