Mount Erebus

• Published in: Geological Society, London, Memoirs
• Main Authors: Sims, Kenneth W., Aster, Richard, Gaetani, Glenn, Blichert-Toft, Janne, Phillips, Erin, Wallace, Paul, Mattioli, Glen, Rasmussen, Dan, Boyd, Eric
• Other Authors: University of Wyoming (UW), Colorado State University Fort Collins (CSU), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon - Terre, Planètes, Environnement (LGL-TPE), École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Oregon Eugene, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia University New York, Montana State University (MSU), J. L. Smellie, K. S. Panter, A. Geyer
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2021
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.VO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Volcanology; [SDU.STU.GC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geochemistry; Mount Erebus; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03328237; https://hal.science/hal-03328237/document; https://hal.science/hal-03328237/file/GSLBooks19-008_Final_Version_modified.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1144/M55-2019-8

International audience Erebus volcano, Antarctica, is the southernmost active volcano on the globe. Despite its remoteness and harsh conditions, Erebus volcano provides an unprecedented and unique opportunity to study the petrogenesis and evolution, as well as the passive and explosive degassing, of an alkaline magmatic system with a persistently open and magma-filled conduit. In this chapter, we review nearly five decades of scientific research related to Erebus volcano, including geological, geophysical, geochemical and microbiological observations and interpretations. Mount Erebus is truly one of the world's most significant natural volcano laboratories where the lofty scientific goal of studying a volcanic system from mantle to microbe is being realized.