Costa Recta beach, Deception Island, West Antarctica: A retreated scarp of a submarine fault?

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Fernández-Ibáñez, Fermín, Pérez-López, Raul, Martínez Díaz, José Jesús, Paredes, Carlos, Giner Robles, Jorge Luis, T. Caselli, Alberto, Ibáñez, Jesús M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2005
• Subjects: 551.432.44(995.521); active tectonics; fault escarpment; straight coast; tectonic geomorphology; uplifted terraces; Geodinámica; 2506.07 Geomorfología; Antarctic; West Antarctica; Argentina; Deception Island; Recta; Macaroni Point; Costa Recta; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Ice cap
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/114106; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102005002841

Received 3 August 2004 / Accepted 29 March 2005. © Antarctic Science Ltd. Contacto: [e-mail]. Deception Island (South Shetlands, Antarctica) is one of the most active volcanoes in Antarctica, having erupted recently in 1967, 1969 and 1970, damaging scientific stations on the island. It is also...