Lithostratigraphy of Miocene–Recent, alkaline volcanic fields in the Antarctic Peninsula and eastern Ellsworth Land

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Author: Smellie, J.L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press 1999
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Ross Island; Ellsworth Land; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; James Ross Island
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503790/; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102099000450

Miocene–Recent alkaline volcanic rocks form numerous outcrops scattered widely throughout the Antarctic Peninsula and eastern Ellsworth Land. They occur mainly as short-lived (typically 1–2 million years) monogenetic volcanic fields but include a large outcrop area in northern Antarctic Peninsula wh...