Descripción e interpretación del depósito de debris avalanche del barranco de San Miguel, Gran Canaria

Abstract

The San Miguel ravine is located at the East part of Gran Canaria island (Canary Islands). On its middle part there is a debris slide deposits of breccia material and megablocks of several volcanic lithologies. It is partialy covered by lava flows (magmatic Cycle III of Gran Canaria) and scree deposits. Many structures have been described on this deposit, that explain the proper mechanism of this debris slide