Diversity of Volcanic Geoheritage in the Canary Islands, Spain
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Geographical and Geological Setting
3. Methodology
4. Volcanic Landscape in the Canary Islands
4.1. Geomorphological Classification
4.2. Diversity of Volcanic and Non-Volcanic Geoheritage
4.2.1. Volcanic Cones
4.2.2. Lava Flow Morphologies
4.2.3. Other Volcano Morphologies
4.2.4. Recent Non-Volcanic Landforms
4.2.5. Relict Non-Volcanic Landforms
5. Protected Volcanic Landscapes and Geoheritage
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Categories/Islands | Spatial Scale | El Hierro | La Palma | La Gomera | Tenerife | Gran Canaria | Fuerteventura | Lanzarote |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Natural Reserves | R | |||||||
Natural Park | R | |||||||
Rural Park | R | |||||||
Natural Monuments | R | |||||||
Protected Landscapes | R | |||||||
Scientific interest site | R | |||||||
National Park | N | |||||||
Marine reserve | N | |||||||
Global geosites UNESCO | N | |||||||
Geopark | SN | |||||||
Biosphere reserve | I | |||||||
Natural site UNESCO | I | |||||||
SCA | I | |||||||
SPA | I |
Data/Islands | El Hierro | La Palma | La Gomera | Tenerife | Gran Canaria | Fuerteventura | Lanzarote |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population 2019 | 10,968 | 82,671 | 21,503 | 917,841 | 851,231 | 116,886 | 152,289 |
Tourists 2019 | 9028 | 34,3680 | 421,772 | 5,889,454 | 4,267,385 | 2,023,196 | 3,065,575 |
Surface km2 | 268.71 | 708.32 | 369.76 | 2034.38 | 1560.10 | 1659.74 | 845.94 |
Natural Reserves | 10.69 | 20.58 | 7.83 | 69.89 | 111.09 | - | 1.65 |
Natural Park | - | 125.94 | 17.57 | 466.13 | 133.33 | 174.55 | 192.70 |
Rural Park | 124.88 | - | 19.93 | 224.82 | 298.93 | 16,544 | - |
Natural Monuments | 9.85 | 14.52 | 18.62 | 63.44 | 52.65 | 88.87 | 52.12 |
Protected Landscapes | 15.27 | 41.08 | 17.88 | 82.93 | 126.83 | 49.25 | 56.76 |
Scientific interest sites | - | 1.11 | 3.13 | 3.87 | 2.76 | 1.16 | 1.99 |
National Park | - | 46.9 | 39.84 | 189.9 | - | - | 51.07 |
Total surface protected km2 | 160.684 | 250.129 | 124.802 | 1100.987 | 725.593 | 477.269 | 356.305 |
% protected surface | 59.80 | 35.31 | 33.75 | 54.12 | 46.51 | 28.76 | 42.12 |
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Dóniz-Páez, J.; Beltrán-Yanes, E.; Becerra-Ramírez, R.; Pérez, N.M.; Hernández, P.A.; Hernández, W. Diversity of Volcanic Geoheritage in the Canary Islands, Spain. Geosciences 2020, 10, 390. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10100390
Dóniz-Páez J, Beltrán-Yanes E, Becerra-Ramírez R, Pérez NM, Hernández PA, Hernández W. Diversity of Volcanic Geoheritage in the Canary Islands, Spain. Geosciences. 2020; 10(10):390. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10100390
Chicago/Turabian StyleDóniz-Páez, Javier, Esther Beltrán-Yanes, Rafael Becerra-Ramírez, Nemesio M. Pérez, Pedro A. Hernández, and William Hernández. 2020. "Diversity of Volcanic Geoheritage in the Canary Islands, Spain" Geosciences 10, no. 10: 390. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10100390
APA StyleDóniz-Páez, J., Beltrán-Yanes, E., Becerra-Ramírez, R., Pérez, N. M., Hernández, P. A., & Hernández, W. (2020). Diversity of Volcanic Geoheritage in the Canary Islands, Spain. Geosciences, 10(10), 390. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10100390