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Volcanic Activity at Deception Island in 1967 and 1969

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Eruptions, apparently associated with the caldera fault zone, have created a new island and a new 5 km fissure. Several explosive vents along the fissure caused a rift in the overlying glacier releasing a flood of water carrying ice blocks.

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  1. Department of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Oxford, Parks Road

    P. E. BAKER

  2. British Antarctic Survey,

    T. G. DAVIES

  3. Department of Geology, Imperial College, London, SW7

    M. J. ROOBOL

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BAKER, P., DAVIES, T. & ROOBOL, M. Volcanic Activity at Deception Island in 1967 and 1969. Nature 224, 553–560 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/224553a0

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