Airborne gravity reveals interior of Antarctic volcano

• Published in: Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2010
• Subjects: Airborne gravity; Basaltic volcano; Gravitational spreading; Antarctica; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentina; Argentino; Haddington; Ross Island; Smellie; The Antarctic; Antarc*; antartic*; British Antarctic Survey; Ice Sheet; James Ross Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2262/43968; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2009.03.004

Abstract Understanding Antarctic volcanoes is important as they provide a window on magmatic and tectonic processes of the Antarctic plate and contain datable records of ice-sheet changes. We present the results from the first detailed airborne radar and gravity surveys across James Ross Island, nor...