Noble gas isotopes reveal degassing-derived eruptions at Deception Island (Antarctica): implications for the current high levels of volcanic activity

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Álvarez-Valero, Antonio M., Sumino, Hirochika, Caracausi, Antonio, Sánchez, Antonio Polo, Burgess, Ray, Geyer, Adelina, Borrajo, Javier, Rodríguez, José A. Lozano, Albert, Helena, Aulinas, Meritxell, Núñez-Guerrero, Elena
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
• Subjects: Article; Deception Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9666546/; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23991-3

Deception Island is one of the most active volcanoes in Antarctica with more than twenty explosive eruptions in the past two centuries. Any future volcanic eruption(s) is a serious concern for scientists and tourists, will be detrimental to marine ecosystems and could have an impact to global oceano...