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Pumice Eruption in the Area of the South Sandwich Islands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

I. G. Gass ,
P. G. Harris  and
M. W. Holdgate
I. G. Gass
Affiliation:
Geology Department, University of Leeds.
P. G. Harris
Affiliation:
Geology Department, University of Leeds.
M. W. Holdgate
Affiliation:
Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge.
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Abstract

An extensive pumice raft was encountered by H.M.S. Protector in the area of the South Sandwich Islands on the 14th March, 1962. Evidence is presented which suggests that this material was ejected on the 5th March, 1962, from a submarine eruptive centre 35 miles to the north-west of the existing islands but on the axis of the South Sandwich Arc.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 100 , Issue 4 , August 1963 , pp. 321 - 330
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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