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Carracedo, Juan Carlos Ancochea Soto, Eumenio Pérez Torrado, Francisco José Meco, Joaquín Hernán, Francisco Cubas, Carmen Rosa Casillas, Ramón Rodríguez Badiola, Eduardo Ahijado, Agustina 2023-06-20T21:13:50Z 2023-06-20T21:13:50Z 2002 978-1-86239-127-7 10.1144/GOSPP https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/61009 https://www.geolsoc.org.uk The Canarian archipelago comprises seven main volcanic islands and several islets that form a chain extending for c. 500 km across the eastern Atlantic, with its eastern edge only 100 km from the NW African coast. The islands have had a very long volcanic history, with formations over 20 million years old cropping out in the eastern Canaries. Thus all stages of the volcanic evolution of oceanic islands, including the submarine stage as well as the deep structure of the volcanoes, can be readily observed. Rainfall and vegetation cover are relatively low, with the exception of the island of La Palma, favouring both geological observation and rock preservation. Furthermore, the absence of surface water has promoted groundwater mining by means of up to 3000 km of subhorizontal tunnels (locally known as ‘galerías’). These galerías are especially numerous in Tenerife, La Palma and El Hierro, and allow the direct observation and sampling of the deep structure of the island volcanoes without requiring expensive and indirect geophysical methods. eng open access Cenozoic volcanisme II: the Canary islands book part