Weathering pulses during glacial-interglacial transitions: insights from well-dated paleosols in the Azores volcanic province (Central North Atlantic)

F Hevia-Cruz, A Hildenbrand, ND Sheldon… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Volcanic islands evolve through complex interactions between volcano growth and surface
processes. Climate changes impact the physical and chemical processes that drive …

Chapter 3 active tectonics in the central and eastern Azores islands along the Eurasia–Nubia boundary: A review

J Madeira, A Brum da Silveira, A Hipólito… - Geological Society …, 2015 - lyellcollection.org
The geodynamic setting of the Azores archipelago, straddling the triple junction between the
North America, Eurasia and Nubia plates, is reflected in frequent volcanic and tectonic …

Is the 'Azores hotspot'a wetspot? Insights from the geochemistry of fluid and melt inclusions in olivine of Pico basalts

N Métrich, V Zanon, L Créon, A Hildenbrand… - Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The concept of an 'Azores mantle plume'has been widely debated, and the existence of an
Azores hotspot questioned. In an effort to shed new light on this controversy, we present He …

GPS and tectonic evidence for a diffuse plate boundary at the Azores Triple Junction

FO Marques, JC Catalão, C DeMets, ACG Costa… - Earth and Planetary …, 2013 - Elsevier
We use GPS, bathymetric/structural, and seismic data to define the pattern of present
deformation along the northern half of the Azores plateau, where the Nubia–Eurasia plate …

The crust-mantle transition beneath the Azores region (central-north Atlantic Ocean)

V Zanon, R Silva, C Goulart - Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2023 - Springer
The Azores region straddles the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and comprises volcanic islands and
seamounts interspersed with non-magmatic oceanic basins arranged along subparallel …

Recent plate re-organization at the Azores Triple Junction: evidence from combined geochemical and geochronological data on Faial, S. Jorge and Terceira volcanic …

A Hildenbrand, D Weis, P Madureira, FO Marques - Lithos, 2014 - Elsevier
The study of volcanism near unstable plate triple junctions (TJs) offers a unique opportunity
to investigate the interactions between mantle dynamics and lithospheric deformation in …

Volcano-tectonic evolution of the Santa Maria Island (Azores): Implications for paleostress evolution at the western Eurasia–Nubia plate boundary

ALR Sibrant, A Hildenbrand, FO Marques… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2015 - Elsevier
The growth and decay of oceanic volcanoes developed close to plate boundaries are
intrinsically related to a competition between construction and destruction processes, partly …

Morpho-structural evolution of a volcanic island developed inside an active oceanic rift: S. Miguel Island (Terceira Rift, Azores)

ALR Sibrant, A Hildenbrand, FO Marques… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2015 - Elsevier
The evolution of volcanic islands is generally marked by fast construction phases alternating
with destruction by a variety of mass-wasting processes. More specifically, volcanic islands …

Catastrophic flank collapses and slumping in Pico Island during the last 130 kyr (Pico-Faial ridge, Azores Triple Junction)

ACG Costa, A Hildenbrand, FO Marques… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Pico Island constitutes the easternmost sub-aerial domain of a steep WNW-
ESE volcanic ridge, which has developed within the Nubia-Eurasia diffuse plate boundary …

[HTML][HTML] The onset of the volcanism in the Ciomadul Volcanic Dome Complex (Eastern Carpathians): Eruption chronology and magma type variation

S Harangi, R Lukács, I Dunkl, AK Schmitt, B Kiss… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Combined zircon U-Th-Pb and (U-Th)/He dating was applied to refine the eruption
chronology of the last 2 Myr for the andesitic and dacitic Pilişca volcano and Ciomadul …