The timing and widespread effects of the largest Holocene volcanic eruption in Antarctica

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Antoniades, Dermot, Giralt, Santiago, Geyer, Adelina, Álvarez-Valero, Antonio M., Pla-Rabes, Sergi, Granados, Ignacio, Liu, Emma J., Toro, Manuel, Smellie, John L., Oliva, Marc
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
• Subjects: Article; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Deception Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6250685/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30467408; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35460-x

The caldera collapse of Deception Island Volcano, Antarctica, was comparable in scale to some of the largest eruptions on Earth over the last several millennia. Despite its magnitude and potential for far-reaching environmental effects, the age of this event has never been established, with estimate...