Edificios volcánicos en la Serie I de Fuerteventura:: Rasgos generales del edificio central.

• Autores: Eumenio Ancochea Soto, C. R. Cubas, Francisco Hernán Reguera, José Luis Brandle Matesanz
• Localización: Geogaceta, ISSN 0213-683X, Nº. 9, 1990, págs. 60-62
• Idioma: español
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  • The Old Basaltic Series in Fuerteventura is formed by three main edifices: Northern, Central and Southern (orJandía) Edifices. The Central Edifice, a shield volcano, extends from El Jable towards Valles Ortega area forming a semicircular shape around a large adjacet basin. The edifice is built up by dipping outwards thick basaltic flows piles in which pyroc/astic are scarce. Three diferent subseries, can be distinguished within these piles: Lower, Medium and Upper Series, all separated by unconformities. A fourth active episode, the Late Series, filled the inner basin, and was clearly emitted after a large tectonic graben too/< place