does not go unnoticed that in Canary Islands there are two circular, Gran Canaria and La Gomera, and of course This can be explained. It is not surprising that in both islands there is a volcanic cone known as dikes (Anglo-Saxon authors are known as cone-sheet), consisting of a series of volcanic dikes that describe concentric circles as you can see in the picture these islands and Tenerife.Pues However, this peculiar structure is the cause of the current form of both islands, but what is the origin of a peculiar circular structure? Before continuing delve a bit into the particularities of the levees conicos.Se known, as I said, as the case is tapered levees that while the levees show a circular surface, the deep roots of these appear to one source is very localized and restricted to the center of the circle visible on the surface, this makes the levees in question with a strong inclination as they ascend and leave the center, but let's take an example, one could say that the islands of Gran Canaria Gomera and have a funnel (or cone with the apex pointing toward the center of the earth and the air base) in its structure, so that the dikes would form the different layers of the funnel
Well from there comes the conical dam, be aware that the levees do not have a radial configuration (see picture of the islands) but follow a circumferential path circling concentric as we can see.
Let us now have to explain why this peculiar estructura.Volvamos again the image of the islands, as we can see the island of Tenerife, between La Gomera and Gran Canaria, presented in two different areas at both ends of the peninsulas is the Teno and Anaga (both areas have emerged as islands and were later joined by a third island between the two) for our case only we will consider the peninsulas of Teno and Anaga, in the drawing is shown the location and direction of the conical dikes while Gran Canaria La Gomera has staged Huygens construction for wave spreading around the island showing the product orientation of the dikes of the collision of the secondary waves. That said
move on to the second picture in it we see a concrete cube Tazacorte pier and right next to a whirlpool formed by waves crashing against it. The similarity is obvious the concrete is on the map of the islands of Teno and Anaga peninsulas, while the swirl is the conical dam structure, space separating the swirl of concrete is equal to the separation between the three islands (the picture represent one or anaga teno and depending on whether one or the other) while the wave is the compression wave generated by the opening of Atlantic Ocean (remember that all waves exhibit the same behavior). Let the photo
swirl when an incoming wave (wave) that hits the concrete (Teno and Anaga), at the tip of the wave spring constant, it is as if they spread from the tip, however as you can seen in the photograph the wave beyond the end of the pier continued its spread as far as the final wave from the tip (Fast) more than the outside, this creates a compression of water (rock) between the two as the wave from the tip faster around the central area (under pressure between it and the outer wave) I started the turn. Well, as we see in the picture the water has a central area with catchy foam around a series of undulations that follow a circular pattern, are the areas where it accumulates swirl the energy carried by the wave (ie wave) can also easily check that these follow a pattern like circumferential conical dikes, we all know well that these eddies have the typical funnel shape, too, of levees conical.
As in the past have used monochromatic light (laser) to reveal these mechanisms wave, I made the photo below, the assembly consists of a flat glass (a window) a plastic card and the green laser that other times of This prop is simple. As explained above for the case of the swirling water wave that emerges from the tip (the equivalent of the tip of Teno and Anaga) around the vortex at a faster rate than outside the vortex leaving between them, and as you know the light spreads more slowly in materials denser than air (the difference is minimal but should be sufficient) that is the reason why I use glass , While the card is to force the light to pass under it and keep the area is lit from above. The light as I have said goes through the air faster than the glass through which reproduces but that if the phenomenon to a much smaller scale making it difficult to study.
That's it for now regarding this issue, adding that there is another dam tapered Canary, Fuerteventura, try to dig deeper into this interesting topic in future articles to discuss the island.
attempt is known by the scientific community to adapt the theory of the Canary archipelago hotspot, I will not deny that I am not pleased at all this theory In my next article I will show the same means used to date the theoretical characteristics of a hot spot, showing that it can not be applied to the Canary Islands, or any of the volcanic islands of our planet but that will be in a days.
Well from there comes the conical dam, be aware that the levees do not have a radial configuration (see picture of the islands) but follow a circumferential path circling concentric as we can see.
Let us now have to explain why this peculiar estructura.Volvamos again the image of the islands, as we can see the island of Tenerife, between La Gomera and Gran Canaria, presented in two different areas at both ends of the peninsulas is the Teno and Anaga (both areas have emerged as islands and were later joined by a third island between the two) for our case only we will consider the peninsulas of Teno and Anaga, in the drawing is shown the location and direction of the conical dikes while Gran Canaria La Gomera has staged Huygens construction for wave spreading around the island showing the product orientation of the dikes of the collision of the secondary waves. That said
move on to the second picture in it we see a concrete cube Tazacorte pier and right next to a whirlpool formed by waves crashing against it. The similarity is obvious the concrete is on the map of the islands of Teno and Anaga peninsulas, while the swirl is the conical dam structure, space separating the swirl of concrete is equal to the separation between the three islands (the picture represent one or anaga teno and depending on whether one or the other) while the wave is the compression wave generated by the opening of Atlantic Ocean (remember that all waves exhibit the same behavior). Let the photo
swirl when an incoming wave (wave) that hits the concrete (Teno and Anaga), at the tip of the wave spring constant, it is as if they spread from the tip, however as you can seen in the photograph the wave beyond the end of the pier continued its spread as far as the final wave from the tip (Fast) more than the outside, this creates a compression of water (rock) between the two as the wave from the tip faster around the central area (under pressure between it and the outer wave) I started the turn. Well, as we see in the picture the water has a central area with catchy foam around a series of undulations that follow a circular pattern, are the areas where it accumulates swirl the energy carried by the wave (ie wave) can also easily check that these follow a pattern like circumferential conical dikes, we all know well that these eddies have the typical funnel shape, too, of levees conical.
As in the past have used monochromatic light (laser) to reveal these mechanisms wave, I made the photo below, the assembly consists of a flat glass (a window) a plastic card and the green laser that other times of This prop is simple. As explained above for the case of the swirling water wave that emerges from the tip (the equivalent of the tip of Teno and Anaga) around the vortex at a faster rate than outside the vortex leaving between them, and as you know the light spreads more slowly in materials denser than air (the difference is minimal but should be sufficient) that is the reason why I use glass , While the card is to force the light to pass under it and keep the area is lit from above. The light as I have said goes through the air faster than the glass through which reproduces but that if the phenomenon to a much smaller scale making it difficult to study.
That's it for now regarding this issue, adding that there is another dam tapered Canary, Fuerteventura, try to dig deeper into this interesting topic in future articles to discuss the island.
attempt is known by the scientific community to adapt the theory of the Canary archipelago hotspot, I will not deny that I am not pleased at all this theory In my next article I will show the same means used to date the theoretical characteristics of a hot spot, showing that it can not be applied to the Canary Islands, or any of the volcanic islands of our planet but that will be in a days.
