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The center of the Vallehermoso Caldera Felsic (OJO: “the center of the caldera” es muy usado si miras en google) Complex: interior of an ancient volcanic system (La Gomera, Canary Islands) J.A. Rodriguez-Losada a*, J. Martinez-Frias b a Department of Soil Science and Geology, University of La Laguna, 38206 La laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain b Laboratorio de Geología Planetaria, Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC/INTA), 28850 Ctra. De Ajalvir, Km. 4, 28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain *Corresponding author. Fax: +34-922-318311 E-mail address: jrlosada@ull.es (J.A. Rodriguez-Losada). Abstract This paper tackles the issue of a Mid to Upper Miocene felsic dyke intrusion, which is located around the Vallehermoso and Tamargada district (North of La Gomera Island). This intrusion is built by two main structural patterns: 1) an ENE-WSW dyke intrusion with a dominant subvertical dip and 2) a latter conic dyke intrusion, superimposed to the first one. As a consequence of this latter cone sheet complex, masking and distortion of the ENE-WSW intrusion took place. The cone sheet complex emplacement caused failure of the roof of a shallow magma chamber, forming a caldera collapse with a central sector almost coincident with the centre of the cone sheet. A breccia dominated depressed central area is surrounded by intrusions of nepheline phonolites domes and trachytic-phonolitic dykes. These constitute the so-called “Trachytic and Phonolitic Complex”. Trachytes and nepheline-phonolites are the dominant outcrops. Occasional appearance of haüyne phonolites domes is visible to the NE sector of the cone sheet. Otherwise, small outcrops of intermediate rocks also occur. The whole seems to be affected by dominant meteoric alteration that makes them unavailable for dating studies (Ojo: he quitado la segunda parte de la frase). Other felsic intrusions that also crop out in the Vallehermoso-Tamargada area, are characterized by the occurrence of alkali gabbroids and syenit