... In order to improve the road accesses to Funchal city in Madeira Island, due to its increasing development, an accessibility plan was implemented involving the construction of new roads, through the whole island. The restraints related to morphology, the highly heterogeneous geological character...

... Over the last few years a revision of the geological mapping of Madeira Island has been undertaken. The island rises above a vast underwater submarine plain in the midst of the African Plate, forming a volcanic massif about 5,5km high, of which only a third is above sea level. Its irregular...

... The paper presents the Canical tunnel, under construction on Madeira Island. It is referred to the geometric characteristics of the tunnel, to the formations involved and to the construction methods adopted for the different geomechanical works. It also contains a statistical processing...

... Pequeno rotational slide, almost 1000 m long, was a slow movement that did not cause any damages. We describe in this paper the Madalena do Mar, Arco Pequeno and Achada (Curral das Freiras) rotational slides 1. INTRODUCTION AND GEOLOGICAL SETTING Madeira Island is located in the Atlantic north, 900 Km...

... adopted in the project and indicates some recommendations. 1. INTRODUCTION The sustained development of Madeira Island has been, from among other factors, related to the rational development of its water resources. These are the more important and vital as the underground resources are scarce...

... diversified background the authors of this paper found an interesting interface, namely that related to tunnelling in volcanic rocks. Two of the authors have their experience and background from the Madeira Island, whilst one has his experience particularly from the Nordic countries where tunnelling...

... During last years, the authors of this paper have been developing field works focusing essentially on the Volcano-Stratigraphy, Geomorphology, and Structural Geology of Madeira Island. These preliminary studies have shown that the importance of the tectonic faulting of Madeira was clearly...

... structural geology vegetation cover pyroclastic material platform ribeira da tabua Ponta geologic formation Ribeira Da Caixa Madeira Island trachybasalt flow geologic study field work Reservoir Characterization narrow platform stabilization lower sector upper sector intermediate...