Heard Island and the McDonald Islands: a window into the Kerguelen Plateau

• Published in: Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
• Main Authors: Quilty, PG, Wheller, GE
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Royal Society of Tasmania; RST; Van Diemens Land; natural history; science; ecology; taxonomy; botany; zoology; geology; geography; papers & proceedings; Australia; UTAS Library; Kerguelen; Heard Island; Kerguelen Islands; Indian; Heard; McDonald Islands; Southeast Indian Ridge; Drygalski; Broken Ridge; Big Ben; Laurens Peninsula; Mawson Peak; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/13595/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/13595/4/2000_Quilty_Heard_rst.pdf

The modern phase of volcanism on Heard Island probably is younger than one million years and is responsible for building Big Ben, the bulk of the island. The nearby McDonald Islands are less than 100 000 years old and are volcanically active. Big Ben sits on the Drygalski Formation, a Late Miocene-E...