Stochastic three-dimensional conditioned distribution of faults potentially responsible for the seismo-volcanic activity in Deception Island (South Shetland - Antarctica): VISHNU Project

• Main Authors: Paredes, Carlos, Pérez-López, Raul, Giner Robles, Jorge Luis, Martínez Díaz, José Jesús, Vega, R. de la, Vicente, S. de, Queral, C., González Casado, José Manuel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sezione Scienze della Terra, Università di Siena 2006
• Subjects: 551.21(99); Sismología (Geología); 2506.21 Vulcanología; 2507.05 Sismología y Prospección Sísmica; Antarctic; West Antarctica; South Shetland Islands; Deception Island; Port Foster; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118458

Volcanism in Antarctica is a rare phenomenon in the present days, although many examples exist from the past. One of the most active emerged volcanoes in West Antarctica is Deception Island - the youngest stratovolcan in the South Shetland Islands. Strombolian and phreatomagmatic eruptions and explo...