Volcanism in Antarctica 200 Million Years of Subduction, Rifting and Continental Break-Up

About this book

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).

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction to volcanism in Antarctica: 200 million years of subduction, rifting and continental break-up / Smellie, J. L., Panter, K. S. and Geyer, A.

Section 1: Tectonic history and overview
Chapter 1.1 Tectonic history of Antarctica over the past 200 million years / Storey, B. C. and Granot, R.
Chapter 1.2 Antarctic volcanism: volcanology and palaeoenvironmental overview / Smellie, J. L.
Chapter 1.3 Antarctic volcanism: petrology and tectonomagmatic overview / Panter, K. S.
Chapter 1.4 Antarctic volcanism: active volcanism overview / Geyer, A.

Section 2: Gondwana break-up volcanism
Chapter 2.1a Ferrar Large Igneous Province: volcanology / Elliot, D. H., White, J. D. L. and Fleming, T. H.
Chapter 2.1b Ferrar Large Igneous Province: petrology / Elliot, D. H. and Fleming, T. H.
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 / Riley, T. R. and Leat, P. T.
Chapter 2.3 Dronning Maud Land Jurassic volcanism: volcanology and petrology / Luttinen, A.V.

Section 3: Subduction-related volcanism
Chapter 3.1a Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands: volcanology / Leat, P. T. and Riley, T. R.
Chapter 3.1b Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands: petrology / Leat, P. T. and Riley, T. T.
Chapter 3.2a Bransfield Strait and James Ross Island: volcanology / Smellie, J. L.
Chapter 3.2b Bransfield Strait and James Ross Island: petrology / Haase, K. M. and Beier, C.

Section 4: Post-subduction, slab-window volcanism
Chapter 4.1a Antarctic Peninsula: volcanology / Smellie, J. L. and Hole, M. J.
Chapter 4.1b Antarctic Peninsula: petrology / Hole, M. J.

Section 5: Continental extension-related volcanism
Chapter 5.1a Northern Victoria Land: volcanology / Smellie, J. L. and Rocchi, S.
Chapter 5.1b Northern Victoria Land: petrology / Rocchi, S. and Smellie, J. L.
Chapter 5.2a Erebus Volcanic Province: volcanology / Smellie, J. L. and Martin, A. P.
Chapter 5.2b Erebus Volcanic Province: petrology / Martin, A. P., Cooper, A. F., Price, R. C., Kyle, P. R. and Gamble, J. A.
Chapter 5.3a Mount Early and Sheridan Bluff: volcanology / Smellie, J. L., Panter, K. S. and Reindel, J.
Chapter 5.3b Mount Early and Sheridan Bluff: petrology / Panter, K. S., Reindel, J. and Smellie, J. L.
Chapter 5.4a Marie Byrd Land and Ellsworth Land: volcanology / Wilch, T. I., McIntosh, W. C. and Panter, K. S.
Chapter 5.4b Marie Byrd Land and Ellsworth Land: petrology / Panter, K. S., Wilch, T. I., Smellie, J. L., Kyle, P. R. and McIntosh, W. C.
Chapter 5.5 Gaussberg: volcanology and petrology / Smellie, J. L. and Collerson, K. D.

Section 6: Tephra record
Chapter 6.1 Marine record of Antarctic volcanism from drill cores / Di Roberto, A., Del Carlo, P. and Pompilio, M.
Chapter 6.2 Englacial tephras of East Antarctica / Narcisi, B. and Petit, J. R.

Section 7: Active volcanoes
Chapter 7.1 Deception Island / Geyer, A., Pedrazzi, D., Almendros, J., Berrocoso, M., López-Martínez, J., Maestro, A., Carmona, E., Álvarez-Valero, A. M. and de Gil, A.
Chapter 7.2 Mount Erebus / 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 7.3 Mount Melbourne and Mount Rittmann / Gambino, S., Armienti, P., Cannata, A., del Carlo, P., Giudice, G., Giuffrida, G., Liuzzo, M. and Pompilio, M.
Chapter 7.4 Active volcanoes in Marie Byrd Land / Dunbar, N. W., Iverson, N. A., Smellie, J. L., McIntosh, W. C., Zimmerer, M. J. and Kyle, P. R.
Chapter 7.5 Active subglacial volcanism in West Antarctica / Quartini, E., Blankenship, D. D. and Young, D. A.

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