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Evidence for hydrothermal venting and sediment volcanism discharged after recent short-lived volcanic eruptions at Deception Island, Bransfield Strait, Antarctica

AutorSomoza, Luis CSIC ORCID ; Martínez-Frías, J. ; Smellie, J. L.; Rey, Jorge; Maestro González, Adolfo
Palabras claveHydrothermal vents
Submarine volcanoes
Geophysical surveys
Geochemical investigations
Antarctica
Fecha de publicación15-ene-2004
EditorElsevier
CitaciónMarine Geology 20381-2): 119-140 (2004)
ResumenThe results of a combined geophysical and geochemical research programme on Deception Island, an active volcano at 62°43′S, 60°57′W in Bransfield Strait (Antarctica), are presented. Ultrahigh-resolution acoustic data obtained with a TOPAS (TOpographic PArameter Sonar) system and multibeam bathymetry (Simrad EM1000) allow a detailed analysis of submarine vents in Port Foster, the submerged caldera of Deception Island. The data show three different types of seafloor structures: low-relief mounds, high-relief mounds (‘wasp nest’-like) and spire-like structures. We interpret these structures as products of sediment volcanism and seeps caused by heating and boiling of pore fluids in gas-charged sediments, and related to recent short-lived volcanic events, possibly those that occurred in 1967, 1969 and 1970. In addition, subsurface vertical disturbed zones, formed by increased amplitude and phase-inverse reflectors beneath the mounds, suggest the presence of fluidised and brecciated sediments within hydrofracture systems. A key finding of this study is that there appears to be a close relationship between the submarine mounds detected by our ultrahigh-resolution seismic study, geochemical haloes, fault-pathways and present-day thermal anomalies in surface waters. We suggest that seafloor hydrofracture systems and subsurface pipes can be re-used as fluid migration pathways, resulting in hydrothermal seeps and vents on the seafloor, possibly up to decades after coeval volcanic eruptions.
Descripción22 páginas, 9 figuras, 3 tablas.
Versión del editorhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00285-8
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/35984
DOI10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00285-8
ISSN0025-3227
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