Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands: Volcanology (Chapter 3.1a)

• Main Authors: Leat, Philip T., Riley, Teal R.
• Other Authors: Smellie, J.L., Panter, K.S., Geyer, A.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of London 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; West Antarctica; South Shetland Islands; Alexander Island; Palmer Land; Trinity Peninsula; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/520644/; https://mem.lyellcollection.org/content/55/1/185

The voluminous continental margin volcanic arc of the Antarctic Peninsula is one of the major tectonic features of West Antarctica. It extends from the Trinity Peninsula and the South Shetland Islands in the north to Alexander Island and Palmer Land in the south, a distance of c. 1300 km, and was re...