El Hierro Island

This book presents an in-depth review of El Hierro Island, the youngest and most southwesterly volcano of the Canary Islands. In October 2011, a submarine eruption started offshore El Hierro Island. The 20112012 El Hierro eruption has probably been the best monitored and studied submarine eruption to date and has sparked interest in the study of this young ocean island volcano. During the last decade, multidisciplinary investigations, e.g., on the geological and volcanological character of its past and latest onshore and offshore eruptions, the geophysical and geochemical signatures of its magmatic plumbing system structure and dynamics, as well as the bio-geophysical interactions and consequences of submarine eruptions in the ocean, have been conducted. This book provides an authoritative review of many of these scientific advances as well as multiple remaining unknowns for the study of El Hierro Island and its 20112012 submarine eruption. Such knowledge should be of great interestto specialists not only in the Canary Islands volcanism but also in similar ocean island intraplate volcanoes.

Provides a timely review for the best monitored submarine eruption Presents an authoritative and multidisciplinary approach Summarizes the research on El Hierro and provides future perspectives

Inhalt
El Hierro Island Volcanological Science: An Overview.- Past, Present and Future Volcanic Activity on El Hierro.- Review of Submarine Eruptions in El Hierro Prior to Tagoro.- From Magma Source to Volcanic Sink Under Tagoro Volcano (El Hierro, Canary Islands): Petrologic, Geochemical and Physiographic Evolution of the 2011-2012 Submarine Eruption.- Magma Storage and Migration in El Hierro During the Period 2011-2014.- Geophysical, Geodetic and Geochemical Evidence for Precursory Activity: The 2011-2012 Tagoro Submarine Eruption.- Geomorphology of Tagoro Volcano Along Eruptive and Posteruptive Phases.- Ten Years of Intense Physical-chemical, Geological and Biological Monitoring Over the Tagoro Submarine Volcano Marine Ecosystem (Eruptive and Degassing Stages).- Tagoro Submarine Volcano as a Natural Source of Significant Dissolved Inorganic Nutrients.- Microbial Communities Surrounding an Underwater Volcano near the Island of El Hierro (Canary Islands).- Impact of Tagoro Volcano Formationon Benthic Habitats and Asscociated Biota: A Review.- Identification and Management of Indirect Volcanic Risks: Citizens' Rockfall Observatory on the Island of El Hierro.- Tagoro, the Youngest Submarine Volcano in the Spanish Geoheritage Inventory: Scientific Value, Geoconservation and Opportunities for Geotourism. <p