Volcanism and rapid sedimentation affect the benthic communities of Deception Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Continental Shelf Research
• Main Authors: Angulo-Preckler, Carlos, Pernet, Philippe, García-Hernandez, Cristina, Kereszturi, G., Álvarez-Valero, A. M., Hopfenblatt, Joaquin, Gomez-Ballesteros, María, Otero, Xosé Luis, Caza, Jaime, Ruiz-Fernández, Jesús, Geyer, Adelina, Àvila, Conxita
• Other Authors: Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; South Shetland islands; Petrology; Geochemistry; Submarine volcano; Marine macroinvertebrates; Antarctic; Deception Island; Port Foster; South Shetland Islands; Southern Ocean; Stanley Patch; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/235627; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2021.104404; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000706

Deception Island is amongst the most active volcanoes in the Southern Ocean, with over 20 explosive eruptions in the last ca. 200 years. The eruption that formed the caldera at Deception Island occurred 3980 ± 125 calendar years Before Present, and it is the largest eruptive event documented in Anta...