Noble gas isotopes reveal degassing-derived eruptions at Deception Island (Antarctica): implications for the current high levels of volcanic activity

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Antonio M. Álvarez-Valero, Hirochika Sumino, Antonio Caracausi, Antonio Polo Sánchez, Ray Burgess, Adelina Geyer, Javier Borrajo, José A. Lozano Rodríguez, Helena Albert, Meritxell Aulinas, Elena Núñez-Guerrero
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Portfolio 2022
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Deception Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23991-3; https://doaj.org/article/c05acab152c348d29cfc21f11b53fb63

Abstract Deception Island is one of the most active volcanoes in Antarctica with more than twenty explosive eruptions in the past two centuries. Any future volcanic eruption(s) is a serious concern for scientists and tourists, will be detrimental to marine ecosystems and could have an impact to glob...