“…Most of the authors who have studied the Las Cañadas edifice agree on the existence of various volcanic cycles during the construction of this volcanic complex (Furster et al, 1968;Araña, 1971;Ancochea et al, 1990Ancochea et al, , 1999Ibarrola et al, 1993;Martí et al, 1994Martí et al, , 2010Bryan et al, 1998;Huertas et al, 2002;Martí and Gudmundsson, 2000;Zafrilla, 2001;Soriano et al, 2002Soriano et al, , 2006Brown et al, 2003;Edgar et al, 2007). The eruptive activity of the Las Cañadas edifice has been suggested to have begun after an interruption in the construction of the basaltic shield and following an important erosive period (about > 3.5 Ma) (Ancochea et al, 1990;Martí et al, 1994).…”