International Conference on Differential & Difference Equations
and Applications
Conference in honour of Professor Ravi
P. Agarwal
Department of Mathematics, Azores University
Ponta
Delgada, Portugal
July 4 - 8, 2011
About Azores
São Miguel is bisected by many faults from the northwest to southeast in the direction
of the Terceira Rift, a triple junction of the Eurasian, African and North American
tectonic plates. This system is best expressed in the western part of the
island with extensive geological formations, such as the Mosteiros
Graben (along the western flank of the Sete Cidades Massif), the Ribeira Grande Graben (along the
northern flank of the Água de Pau Massif), and the
many cones and fissural structures along the interior
of the island. In the ancient crater of Furnas the faults are aligned
west-northwest to east-southeast. Zbysewsky (1959),
among others identifies eight geomorphological
structures on São Miguel that correspond to
the formative features that built the island.
Furnas
Furnas
Lagoa
do Fogo
Ribeira
dos Caldeirões
Sete
Cidades Lake
Caldeira
Velha
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