Volcanism in Antarctica: 200 Million Years of Subduction, Rifting and Continental Break-up
Product code: M0055
Print publication date: 07/06/2021
Geological Society of London, GSL Memoirs, Volcanology, Magmatic studies
Type: Book (Hardback)
Binding: Hardback
ISBN: 9781786205360
Author/Edited by: Edited by J.L. Smellie, K.S. Panter, A. Geyer
Weight: 2.6kg
Number of pages: 816
Online publication date: 26/05/2021
Lyell Collection URL: https://www.lyellcollection.org/toc/mem/55/1
£210.00
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Memoir 55
This memoir is the first to review all of Antarctica’s volcanism between 200 million years ago and the Present. The region is still volcanically active. The volume is an amalgamation of in-depth syntheses, which are presented within distinctly different tectonic settings. Each is described in terms of (1) the volcanology and eruptive palaeoenvironments; (2) petrology and origin of magma; and (3) active volcanism, including tephrochronology. Important volcanic episodes include: astonishingly voluminous mafic and felsic volcanic deposits associated with the Jurassic break-up of Gondwana; the construction and progressive demise of a major Jurassic to Present continental arc, including back-arc alkaline basalts and volcanism in a young ensialic marginal basin; Miocene to Pleistocene mafic volcanism associated with post-subduction slab-window formation; numerous Neogene alkaline volcanoes, including the massive Erebus volcano and its persistent phonolitic lava lake, that are widely distributed within and adjacent to one of the world’s major zones of lithospheric extension (the West Antarctic Rift System); and very young ultrapotassic volcanism erupted subglacially and forming a world-wide type example (Gaussberg).
Acknowledgements
Smellie, J. L., Panter, K. S. and Geyer, A. Introduction to volcanism in Antarctica: 200 million years of subduction, rifting and continental break-up
Section 1: Tectonic history and overview
Storey, B. C. and Granot, R. Chapter 1.1 Tectonic history of Antarctica over the past 200 million years
Smellie, J. L. Chapter 1.2 Antarctic volcanism: volcanology and palaeoenvironmental overview
Panter, K. S. Chapter 1.3 Antarctic volcanism: petrology and tectonomagmatic overview
Geyer, A. Chapter 1.4 Antarctic volcanism: active volcanism overview
Section 2: Gondwana break-up volcanism
Elliot, D. H., White, J. D. L. and Fleming, T. H. Chapter 2.1a Ferrar Large Igneous Province: volcanology
Elliot, D. H. and Fleming, T. H. Chapter 2.1b Ferrar Large Igneous Province: petrology
Riley, T. R. and Leat, P. T. Chapter 2.2a Palmer Land and Graham Land Volcanic Groups (Antarctic Peninsula): volcanology
Riley, T. R. and Leat, P. T. Chapter 2.2b Palmer Land and Graham L and Volcanic Groups (Antarctic Peninsula): petrology
Luttinen, A.V. Chapter 2.3 Dronning Maud Land Jurassic volcanism: volcanology and petrology
Section 3: Subduction-related volcanism
Leat, P. T. and Riley, T. R. Chapter 3.1a Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands: volcanology
Leat, P. T. and Riley, T. T. Chapter 3.1b Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands: petrology
Smellie, J. L. Chapter 3.2a Bransfield Strait and James Ross Island: volcanology
Haase, K. M. and Beier, C. Chapter 3.2b Bransfield Strait and James Ross Island: petrology
Section 4: Post-subduction, slab-window volcanism
Smellie, J. L. and Hole, M. J. Chapter 4.1a Antarctic Peninsula: volcanology
Hole, M. J. Chapter 4.1b Antarctic Peninsula: petrology
Section 5: Continental extension-related volcanism
Smellie, J. L. and Rocchi, S. Chapter 5.1a Northern Victoria Land: volcanology
Rocchi, S. and Smellie, J. L. Chapter 5.1b Northern Victoria Land: petrology
Smellie, J. L. and Martin, A. P. Chapter 5.2a Erebus Volcanic Province: volcanology
Martin, A. P., Cooper, A. F., Price, R. C., Kyle, P. R. and Gamble, J. A. Chapter 5.2b Erebus Volcanic Province: petrology
Smellie, J. L., Panter, K. S. and Reindel, J. Chapter 5.3a Mount Early and Sheridan Bluff: volcanology
Panter, K. S., Reindel, J. and Smellie, J. L. Chapter 5.3b Mount Early and Sheridan Bluff: petrology
Wilch, T. I., McIntosh, W. C. and Panter, K. S. Chapter 5.4a Marie Byrd Land and Ellsworth Land: volcanology
Panter, K. S., Wilch, T. I., Smellie, J. L., Kyle, P. R. and McIntosh, W. C. Chapter 5.4b Marie Byrd Land and Ellsworth Land: petrology
Smellie, J. L. and Collerson, K. D. Chapter 5.5 Gaussberg: volcanology and petrology
Section 6: Tephra record
Di Roberto, A., Del Carlo, P. and Pompilio, M. Chapter 6.1 Marine record of Antarctic volcanism from drill cores
Narcisi, B. and Petit, J. R. Chapter 6.2 Englacial tephras of East Antarctica
Section 7: Active volcanoes
Geyer, A., Pedrazzi, D., Almendros, J., Berrocoso, M., López-Martínez, J., Maestro, A., Carmona, E., Álvarez-Valero, A. M. and de Gil, A. Chapter 7.1 Deception Island
Sims, K. W. W., Aster, R. C., Gaetani, G., Blichert-Toft, J., Phillips, E. H., Wallace, P. J., Mattioli, G. S., Rasmussen, D. and Boyd, E. S. Chapter 7.2 Mount Erebus
Gambino, S., Armienti, P., Cannata, A., del Carlo, P., Giudice, G., Giuffrida, G., Liuzzo, M. and Pompilio, M. Chapter 7.3 Mount Melbourne and Mount Rittmann
Dunbar, N. W., Iverson, N. A., Smellie, J. L., McIntosh, W. C., Zimmerer, M. J. and Kyle, P. R. Chapter 7.4 Active volcanoes in Marie Byrd Land
Quartini, E., Blankenship, D. D. and Young, D. A. Chapter 7.5 Active subglacial volcanism in West Antarctica
Index
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