Characterization of the Outer Coast Tuff Formation - A way to unravelling the magmatic processes preceding and triggering Deception Island's caldera-forming eruption (Antarctica)

• Main Authors: Vilanova, Oriol, Aulinas Juncà, Meritxell, Geyer Traver, Adelina, Marti, Joan, Álvarez Valero, Antoni M., Albert Mínguez, Helena, Gisbert Pinto, Guillem
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2021
• Subjects: Volcans; Vulcanisme; Magmatisme; Antàrtida; Volcanoes; Volcanism; Magmatism; Antarctica; Austral; South Shetland Islands; Deception Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/193562

Deception Island (South Shetland Islands), discovered in 1820, is one of the most active volcanoes in Antarctica with more than 20 eruptions (including the historic eruptions of 1967, 1969 and 1970) and three documented volcanic unrest events (1992, 1999 and 2014-15) over the past two centuries. Dec...