Mount Erebus

• Main Authors: K.W.W. Sims, R. Aster, G. Gaetani, J. Blichert-Toft, E.H. Phillips, P.J. Wallace, G.S. Mattioli, D. Rasmussen, E.S. Boyd
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of London 2020
• Subjects: Geology; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Mount Erebus; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5227788; https://geolsoc.figshare.com/collections/Mount_Erebus/5227788

Erebus volcano, Antarctica, is the southernmost active volcano on the globe. Despite its remoteness and harsh conditions, Erebus volcano provides an unprecedented and unique opportunity to study the petrogenesis and evolution, as well as the passive and explosive degassing, of an alkaline magmatic system with a persistently open and magma-filled conduit. In this contribution, we review nearly five decades of scientific research related to Erebus volcano, including geological, geophysical, geochemical and microbiological observations and interpretations. Mount Erebus truly is one of the world's most significant natural volcano laboratories where the lofty scientific goal of studying a volcanic system from mantle to microbe is being realized.