Erosión y desertificación.-Morphometric analisys of cinder cones on Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain): results and applications

Abstract

ABSTRACT This paper applies morphometric to the cinder cones of Tenerife. The technical morphometric allows to establish simple models of morphology, and size to the most frequent volcanoes of Tenerife´s mafic volcanism. The obtained classifications allow to distinguish four morphological types of scoria cones and three size groups, which is also extended to other volcanic regions.