Origin and evolution of the Deception Island caldera (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica)

• Published in: Bulletin of Volcanology
• Main Authors: Martí Molist, Joan, Geyer, Adelina, Aguirre-Díaz, Gerardo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2013
• Subjects: Caldera; Current geothermal system; Faults; Volcanism; Tectonic depression; Cierva; Deception Island; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/94148; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-013-0732-3

Deception Island has been interpreted variously as a classical ring fault caldera, as a tectonically controlled collapse caldera or as a tectonic depression. Review of previous studies combined with new fieldwork has allowed us to obtain a more precise model of the formation and internal structure o...