Evidence for shallowing and uplift from bathymetric records of Deception Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Cooper, A. P. R., Smellie, J. L., Maylin, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press 1998
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; South Shetland Islands; Bransfield Strait; Deception Island; Port Foster; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503943/; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102098000558

Deception Island is a large volcanic centre in Bransfield Strait, a very young marginal basin between the South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula. It has a historical record of volcanic activity, with the most recent eruption occurring in 1970. The island is a stratovolcano with a large flood...