Pumice Eruption in the Area of the South Sandwich Islands

1 August 1963

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Geological Magazine

Vol. 100 (4) , 321-330
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800056053

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.

Keywords

ERUPTION
SANDWICH ISLANDS
PUMICE
SOUTH
SANDWICH ARC
NORTH WEST
SUBMARINE ERUPTIVE
5TH MARCH

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Observations in the South Sandwich Islands, 1962
Polar Record, 1963
The southern cold temperate zone
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B. Biological Sciences, 1960
Some notes on the melting of granite
American Journal of Science, 1932