The Terceira Rift (TR) is a 550km long ESE trending line of volcanic reliefs (Graciosa Island, Terceira Island, D. João de Castro Bank, S. Miguel Island) alternating with deep basins (e.g. E of Terceira, Hirondelle) that define the plate boundary between the European and African plates on the Azores plateau [1]. Seismic tomography suggests that the Azores plume is centered NE of Terceira supplying upwelling plu...
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