Database of Deception Island's tephra record (DecTephra)

• Main Authors: Hopfenblatt, Joaquin, Geyer, Adelina, Aulinas, Meritxell, Álvarez-Valero, Antonio M., Polo Sánchez, Antonio, Giralt, Santiago, Smellie, John L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2022
• Subjects: Tephra layer; Antarctica; Eruptive recurrence; Holocene; Deception Island; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6077062; https://zenodo.org/record/6077062

Deception Island (South Shetland Islands) is one of the most active volcanoes in Antarctica, with more than 20 explosive eruptive events registered over the past few centuries. Recent eruptions (1967, 1969, and 1970) and volcanic unrest episodes (1992, 1999, and 2014 – 2015) demonstrate that volcani...