Tenerife Volcano to get a CAT Scan

Forty scientists are to undertake an investigation project, coordinated by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, from January 10, 2007, to study the volcanic structure of Tenerife and produce a three-dimensional map of the island, much like the analysis provided by computed axial tomography (CAT scan) used in medicine.

Scientists from the University of Granada, the University of La Laguna, the University of Liverpool, the Island Corporation and the Observatory of Vesuvius in Italy, are among the participants from around the world.

Measurements will be taken via 150 points over 1,600 square kilometers and to a depth of 10 kilometers. The sismic signals will be recorded by the oceanographic ship, "Hespérides", to analyse the area of the Cañadas, Teide and the Pico Viejo for sismic activity and which will allow the scientists to observe where there is more or less magma, where rock is more or less solid and any zones of fractures.

Cuarenta investigadores determinarán la estructura volcánica de Tenerife

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