The youngest island in the
archipelago hides a wide
geodiversity
With just 1 Ma, El Hierro is the
westernmost island of the Canary
archipelago and the youngest in
geological age. However, this last
aspect is not an excuse to contain
an important variety of geological
forms that have made it worthy of
the declaration as UNESCO World
Geopark. During the campaign of
November 2018 we visited several
sites along its northern coast,
which cut out and cliffs lodge
entrances, points and stone arches,
some of which constitute geosites.
Towards the northeastern end,
between the localities of Tamaduste
and Timijiraque, you can see some
fossil beaches of scarce surface,
although they constitute an
important paleontological patrimony
since they are practically the
unique in the island. |
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Fieldwork in El Tamaduste
area (El Hierro).
From left to right: Ana Villalba,
Luisa Anceaume (manager of El Hierro
UNESCO Global Geopark), Pedro
Padr?, Esther Mart?, Carmen
Romero, In? Galindo y Juan J
Coello-Bravo. |
During our stay in El Hierro we also
attended the 65th Scientific Meeting
of the Geological Society of Spain,
held between November 23 and 25,
where we presented two papers that
will be published in the magazine
Geogaceta, one related to the
geological contexts of the Canary
Islands and another about the
paleontological heritage of the
Geopark. At the same time, we held
work meetings and field visits with
the Geopark technicians, to exchange
knowledge and establish new lines of
work. |
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Lanzarote and La Graciosa
include amazing geosites
Lanzarote has always been considered
an island with geoheritage of
international relevance. After all,
it has the Global Geosite ?Timanfaya
Recent Volcanism?. However,
Lanzarote and La Graciosa hide many
more geosites, either due to its
scientific, tourist, or educational
value. For this reason, the field
campaign of LIGCANARIAS project,
carried out at the end of October
2018, has focused its attention on
the study of geosites such as Piedra
Alta tsunami deposit or the
rotational landslide in valle de
Fenauso, both in Lanzarote; and Las
Conchas beach-dunes system or the
intertidal spout of la Caleta de
Aguardiente in the island of La
Graciosa. |
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Professor Carmen Romero (University of La Laguna) in La Caleta de Aguardiente, La Graciosa |
The project LIGCANARIAS (project
ProID2017010159) is funded by the
Canary Island Agency of Research,
Innovation and Society of
Information (ACIISI) of the Canarian
Government and it is co-funded by
the operational programmes FEDER and
FSE of the Canaries 2014-2020. |
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Paleontological heritage hidden in El Confital El Confital bay hides palaeontological sites of great scientific interest that are being studied within the frame of the LIGCANARIAS project. After the first fieldworks, the preliminary results have been presented in the? ?XXXIV Conference of Palaeontology? and the ?IV Iberian Congress of Palaeontology?, which took place at the end of September 2018 in Vila Real (Portugal), in the premises of the University of Tr?-os-Montes e Alto Douro. Alberto Gonz?ez Rodr?uez, pre-doctorate Researcher at the Universidad of La Laguna, laid out the preliminary results on his findings in one of the most important palaeontological sites in the Canary Islands, El Confital site in La Isleta, in the northeast of Gran Canaria. |
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Alberto Gonz?ez Rodr?uez
at one of the rocky outcrops in El Confital |
The study submitted does a review of two fossil-bearing deposits; one of the Miocene period (over 6 million years) and another of the Marine Isotopic State MIS5e (of approx. 125.000 years), which are found in close proximity geographically and whose palaeobiodiversity and state of conservation make them sites of great relevance for science and candidate to become part of the inventory of geosites of the Canaries.? The project LIGCANARIAS (project ProID2017010159) is funded by the Canary Island Agency of Research, Innovation and Society of Information (ACIISI) of the Canarian Government and it is co-funded by the operational programmes FEDER and FSE of the Canaries 2014-2020.
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First field campaign of the
LGICANARIAS (SGICANARIAS) project in
Gran Canaria Between the 13th
and 19th September 2018 the geosites
of a regional relevance in Gran
Canaria have started to be reviewed.
In this campaign the sites visited
have been the Roque Nublo, the log
casts included in the sliding facies
of the Roque Nublo breccia, and
several palaeontological sites in La
Isleta and those of the Detrital
Formation in Las Palmas. During
fieldwork these sites have been
checked as well as their state of
conservation.
The project LIGCANARIAS (project
ProID2017010159) is funded by the
Canary Island Agency of Research,
Innovation and Society of
Information (ACIISI) of the Canarian
Government and it is co-funded by
the operational programmes FEDER and
FSE of the Canaries 2014-2020. |
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Tree mold in the Roque Nublo Formation |
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