Contribution
Main Geosites of the Azores Geopark project
Lima Almeida, Eva; Nunes, João Carlos; Costa, Manuel Paulino; Porteiro, Andrea
Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften Heft 66 (2010), p. 18 - 19
3 références bibliographiques
publié: May 28, 2010
ArtNo. ESP171906600003, Prix: 8.00 €
Abstract
The Azores archipelago (a Portuguese Autonomous Region) is located on the triple junction between the North American, Eurasian and African (or Nubian) plates. In general terms, the intervening plate boundaries are the Mid-Atlantic Rift (MAR), separating the American plate from the Eurasian and African plates, and the Azores-Gibraltar Fault Zone (AGFZ), bounding the latter two plates.
Mots-clefs
Azores islands • polygenetic volcanoes • geosites