Volcanic Geological Sites in UGGp European Geoparks: Special Issue

Abstract

In this Special Issue, we present 11 of the 15 geoparks that show key aspects of the past and current volcanic development of Europe. The sites include currently active locations along the mid-Atlantic ridge, from the Canary Islands and the Azores in the south to Iceland in the north. Other sites in continental Europe, from Portugal and Spain in the west to Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic in the east, document the volcanic history of the continent over the past 500 million years.

Keywords

• volcanology
• mid-atlantic ridge
• geoeducation
• geoconservation