Fumarolic Activity in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica

Ice towers, probably formed by recent fumarolic activity, have been found around the summit calderas of two volcanoes in Marie Byrd Land. These active (?) volcanoes lie within a broad belt of Mesozoic intrusion and late Cenozoic extrusion that appears to be part of the circum-Pacific orogenic provin...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: LeMasurier, Wesley E., Wade, F. Alton
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1968
Subjects:
Antarc*
Antarctica
Marie Byrd Land
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.162.3851.352.a
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.162.3851.352.a
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Summary:Ice towers, probably formed by recent fumarolic activity, have been found around the summit calderas of two volcanoes in Marie Byrd Land. These active (?) volcanoes lie within a broad belt of Mesozoic intrusion and late Cenozoic extrusion that appears to be part of the circum-Pacific orogenic province.

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