%0 Journal Article %A Ancochea Soto, Eumenio %A Brandle, J.L. %A Hernán, F. %A Huertas Coronel, María José %T Geología de la isla de Branco (Cabo Verde) %D 2006 %@ 0213-683X %U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50433 %X The morphological, structural and volcanological aspects of Branco, an island of the Cape Verde Archipelago,are described and interpreted in this work. The isle consists of a 700 m thick pile of basalt lava flows andscarce pyroclastics crossed by several families of dikes. The structure of the island could correspond to theremaining fragment of a primitive large shield volcano. The main hypothetical emission centre could oncebe situated between the present islands of Santa Luzia and Branco. %~