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This paper describes the main physical, petrological and geochemical features of the floating fragments that were emitted in the initial stages of the 2011–2012 submarine eruption off the coast of the Canarian island of El Hierro, located 380km from the Northwest African Coast. It attempts to assess the potential of radiometric analyses to discern the intriguing origin of the floating fragments and...