Lithofacies and eruptive conditions of the southernmost volcanoes in the world (87° S)

• Published in: Bulletin of Volcanology
• Main Authors: Smellie, J. L., Panter, K. S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
• Subjects: Geochemistry and Petrology; Antarctic; Sheridan Bluff; South Pole; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; South pole
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00445-021-01475-y; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00445-021-01475-y.pdf; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00445-021-01475-y/fulltext.html

Abstract Neogene volcanic centres are uncommon in the Transantarctic Mountains but at least three basaltic examples occur within 300 km of South Pole, above 2200 m asl and inland of the margin of the West Antarctic Rift System. They are the southernmost volcanoes on Earth and have yielded Early—mid...