La Caldera de hundimiento de Vallehermoso
Isla de La Gomera (Canarias).
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1994
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Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (Madrid)
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Durante la realización del Proyecto MAGNA a escala 1:25.000 de la isla de La Gomera (Islas Canarias), se ha identificado una caldera de colapso en el área de Vallehermoso (hojas 73-81 Agulo y 73-82 Hermigua). La caldera presenta una forma casi circular con un diámetro de 2.4 Km aproximadamente. Su génesis puede, en principio, ser atribuida a un brusco y repentino vaciado de una cámara magmática sálica, dando lugar al hundimiento del techo. Este magma sálico es el responsable de la formación traqui-fonolítica (cone-sheets). La caldera está delimitada por fracturas escalonadas con desarrollo de importantes brechastectónicas y rellenada por tobas y brechas piroclásticas (¿ignimbríticas?) y por abundantes facies diferentes de debris-avalanche. Posteriormente al hundimiento, en las zonas de borde de la caldera, se han desarrollado intrusiones sálicas con morfología de pitones, domos, etc. Su novedad geológica dentro del marco de la isla de La Gomera, nos ha impulsado a redactar esta nota previa, que posteriormente, será seguida de una publicación más detallada.
A collapsing caldera has been identified in the area of Vallehermoso in La Gomera island (Canary lslands) during the geological mapping of the sheets 73-81, Agulo, and 73-82 Hermigua, within the framework of the MAGNA project. The caldera exhibits a subcircular shape with an approximate diameter dimension of 2.4 Km. lt was caused by the tectonic sinking of the salic edifice once the phonolite-trachyte (Cone-sheets) was emplaced. The caldera is encircled by ring faults that have produced very distintive tectonic breccia. The caldera has been filled up with pyroclastic tuffs and breccias (ignlmbrites?) and different types of Debris-avalanche. In a later stage, salic intrusions have been developed in marginal areas. This short note will be fallowed by a more extensive, descriptive paper.
A collapsing caldera has been identified in the area of Vallehermoso in La Gomera island (Canary lslands) during the geological mapping of the sheets 73-81, Agulo, and 73-82 Hermigua, within the framework of the MAGNA project. The caldera exhibits a subcircular shape with an approximate diameter dimension of 2.4 Km. lt was caused by the tectonic sinking of the salic edifice once the phonolite-trachyte (Cone-sheets) was emplaced. The caldera is encircled by ring faults that have produced very distintive tectonic breccia. The caldera has been filled up with pyroclastic tuffs and breccias (ignlmbrites?) and different types of Debris-avalanche. In a later stage, salic intrusions have been developed in marginal areas. This short note will be fallowed by a more extensive, descriptive paper.







