The Cape Purvis volcano, Dundee Island (northern Antarctic Peninsula): late Pleistocene age, eruptive processes and implications for a glacial palaeoenvironment
Cape Purvis is a conspicuous promontory on southern Dundee Island. It forms a prominent mesa that contrasts with the smooth, shield-like (snow-covered) topography of the remainder of the island. The promontory is composed of fresh alkaline basaltic (hawaiite) volcanic rocks compositionally similar t...
Published in: | Antarctic Science |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Cambridge University Press
2006
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Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/126/ https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102006000447 |