Volcanic features and the hydrological setting of Southern Thule, South Sandwich Islands

Antarctic Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 301-308

  Allen, Claire S ^a   Smellie, John L ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Backarc islands; Caldera; Glaciovolcanism; Marine geomorphology; Scotia Sea

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CALDERA; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; HYDROLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; ISLAND ARC; MORPHOLOGY; SUBDUCTION; VOLCANISM;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DOUGLAS STRAIT; GREENLAND; SCOTIA SEA; SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS; THULE; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 43949086915     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102008001156     Document Type: Article

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