Volcanism and rapid sedimentation affect the benthic communities of Deception Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Continental Shelf Research
• Main Authors: Angulo Precker, Carlos, Pernet, Philippe, García Hernández, Cristina, Kereszturi, Gabor, Álvarez Valero, Antonio Miguel, Hopfenblatt Hours, Joaquín, Gómez Ballesteros, María, Otero Pérez, Xosé Lois, Caza Caza, Jaime Humberto, Ruiz Fernández, Jesús, Geyer, Adelina, Avila, Conxita
• Other Authors: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Edafoloxía e Química Agrícola, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Instituto Interdisciplinar de Tecnoloxías Ambientais (CRETUS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier
• Subjects: Marine macroinvertebrates; Submarine volcano; Geochemistry; Petrology; Biodiversity; South Shetland islands; Antarctic; Deception Island; Port Foster; South Shetland Islands; Southern Ocean; Stanley Patch; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10347/26769; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2021.104404

Deception Island is amongst the most active volcanoes in the Southern Ocean, with over 20 explosive eruptions in the last ca. 200 years. The eruption that formed the caldera at Deception Island occurred 3980 ± 125 calendar years Before Present, and it is the largest eruptive event documented in Anta...