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The submarine trachytic lobe–hyaloclastite complex of the Caldera of Taburiente (La Palma, Canary Islands) is the first lobe–hyaloclastite felsic complex to be described on an oceanic island in an intraplate setting. The felsic formation comprises three facies associations—(1) coherent facies: trachytic lobes with porphyritic, aphanitic, or glass trachytes; (2) autoclastic facies: hyaloclastites and autobreccias; and (3) syn-eruptive resedimented facies: mono- and polymictic breccias (massive or graded)—and volcaniclastic sandstones and breccias. Given that the submarine trachytic lobe–hyaloclastite complex is the oldest lithostratigraphic unit exposed on La Palma, a minimum age of 3.10 Ma is proposed for the initiation of the island submarine growth stage. View this paper