Recent Seismic Activity at Bransfield Strait, Antarctica

  • Rudy Augusto del Valle
  • Maria Ines Ruocco
Keywords: Seismic Events, Seamounts, Brasnfield Strait, Antarctica, Newsletter

Abstract

The seismic events that occurred at two seamounts located at the bottom of Bransfiel Strait (Antarctica), took place between August and January, 2021 and were related to magmatic activity in the interior of Bransfield Basin.

References

ANT-XI/3, 1994. Available at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2284989.

ASAIN NETWORK, 2021. Available at: http://www.crs.inogs.it/asain/ and USGS: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/.

Rodrigo, C., Blamey, J.M., Huhn, O., Provost, C., 2018. Is there an active hydrothermal flux from the Orca seamount in the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica? Andean Geology 45 (3), 344-356. September, 2018. doi:
10.5027/andgeoV45n3-3086.
Published
2021-03-12
Section
Articles