Electron microprobe characterization of ash layers in sediments from the central Bransfield basin (Antarctic Peninsula): evidence for at least two volcanic sources

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: FRETZDORFF, S., SMELLIE, J.L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2002
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Scotia Sea; South Shetland Islands; Bransfield Strait; Deception Island; Bridgeman; Antarc*; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102002000214; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102002000214

Bransfield Strait, a narrow active rift with three submarine basins, separates the South Shetland Islands from northern Antarctic Peninsula. Volcanism in Bransfield Strait commenced prior to 0.75 Ma and continues, with recent subaerial eruptions at Deception, Bridgeman and Penguin islands, submarine...