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Gaussberg was probably constructed in a single eruptive episode but there is evidence that the present-day edifice formed on an older, eroded volcano. Gaussberg formed under much thicker ice than there is today in the area, and the ice deposited moraines on its summit. There are different views on
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in the region, with rocky outcrops at the summit and on the northern flank. The edifice covers an area of about 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi) and has a volume of 1 cubic kilometre (0.24 cu mi). Most of the edifice is made out of
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The source of the Gaussberg lamproites is unclear, as the processes usually proposed for the formation of such magmas do not easily apply to the Gaussberg rocks. The magma may have formed through the incomplete melting of
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how erosion affected Gaussberg; some think that it was largely spared and others that erosion wore down the initially much larger edifice to its current size; the latter theory is the preferred view of the
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Reading, Anya M.; Stål, Tobias; Halpin, Jacqueline A.; Lösing, Mareen; Ebbing, Jörg; Shen, Weisen; McCormack, Felicity S.; Siddoway, Christine S.; Hasterok, Derrick (26 October 2022).
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stocks in turn were named after the mountain. Owing to its peculiar composition and isolated location, the volcano has an importance out of proportion to its actual size. The mineral
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with radii of 0.5–2 metres (1 ft 8 in – 6 ft 7 in) and 3–5 centimetres (1.2–2.0 in) thick crusts. The volcano is covered with lava fragments resembling
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Mikhalsky, E. V.; Belyatsky, B. V.; Presnyakov, S. L.; Skublov, S. G.; Kovach, V. P.; Rodionov, N. V.; Antonov, A. V.; Saltykova, A. K.; Sergeev, S. A. (1 March 2015).
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Aitken, A. R. A.; Young, D. A.; Ferraccioli, F.; Betts, P. G.; Greenbaum, J. S.; Richter, T. G.; Roberts, J. L.; Blankenship, D. D.; Siegert, M. J. (14 April 2014).
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Koffman, Bess G.; Goldstein, Steven L.; Winckler, Gisela; Kaplan, Michael R.; Kreutz, Karl J.; Bolge, Louise; Bory, Aloys; Biscaye, Pierre (15 December 2021).
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age. These disagreements between potassium-argon dating and other dating methods may indicate either contamination with older rocks or the presence of non-
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surveys suggest that within 30 kilometres (19 mi) there are other small volcanoes in the area. It is the only Antarctic volcano situated on the
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Sushchevskaya, N. M.; Migdisova, N. A.; Antonov, A. V.; Krymsky, R. Sh.; Belyatsky, B. V.; Kuzmin, D. V.; Bychkova, Ya. V. (1 December 2014).
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age based on a presumed history of the Antarctic Ice Sheet and comparisons between the appearance of Gaussberg with Kerguelen volcanoes.
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Owing to its peculiar composition, Gaussberg has been intensively researched. The mountain was investigated in 1912 by the 1911-1914
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in 1956–1957, by Australian expeditions in 1977, 1981, 1987 and by an expedition linked to an entity "K.D.C" in 1997. Regional
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Migdisova, N. A.; Sushchevskaya, N. M.; Portnyagin, M. V.; Shishkina, T. A.; Kuzmin, D. V.; Batanova, V. G. (September 2023).
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and is supported by aeromagnetic data which suggest an initial size of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi). Dust layers in the
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billions of years ago and remained isolated since then have been proposed as the source of Gaussberg lamproites. The
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LeMasurier, W.E.; Thomson, J.W.; Baker, P.E.; Kyle, P.R.; Rowley, P.D.; Smellie, J.L.; Verwoerd, W.J., eds. (1990).
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of Antarctica is found. Why it formed about 50,000 years ago on a stable continental margin is unclear; either a
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which in 1902 remained stuck in ice for a year. The ship in turn was named in honour of the German mathematician
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has yielded ages of 20 and 9 million years, with younger dating efforts producing an age of 56,000±5,000 years.
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It consists of a 370-metre-high (1,210-foot), 1.5-kilometre-wide (0.93-mile) cone located between the
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Drastically different age estimates have been obtained on Gaussberg. Early research suggested a
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inclusions. The Gaussberg suite is the youngest lamproite known on Earth. The rocks are rich in
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with multiple vents. The rocks were probably emplaced subglacially, although the occurrence of
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about 55,000 years ago. The current edifice is thought to be the remains of a once-larger
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that separates regional tectonic structures may have influenced volcanism at Gaussberg.
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produced ages of 25,000±12,000 years and geomorphologic considerations support a late
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Glaubrecht, Matthias; Maitas, Lothar; v. Salvini-Plawen, Luitfried (September 2005).
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have been found at Gaussberg. It was the first place on the Antarctic mainland where
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under Gaussberg is over 150 kilometres (93 mi) thick and has an unusually high
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were observed to breed there, but overall there is not much fauna at Gaussberg.
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rock suite. The rocks are almost free of visible crystals but contain numerous
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Croxall, J. P.; Steele, W. K.; McInness, S. J.; Prince, P. A. (1995-10-15).
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magmas, and is the youngest volcano to have produced such magmas on Earth.
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Williams, R. W.; Collerson, K. D.; Gill, J. B.; Deniel, C. (1 July 1992).
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Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin - Zoologische Reihe
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on the rift but its relation to the rift is unclear. Finally, the 90° E
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on the southern, northwestern and northeastern foot of the volcano, and
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Grew, Edward S. (1982), Nairn, Alan E. M.; Stehli, Francis G. (eds.),
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Salvioli-Mariani, E.; Toscani, L.; Bersani, D. (February 2004).
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Tingey, R. J.; McDougall, Ian; Gleadow, A. J. W. (July 1983).
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recovered from the rocks are up to several billion years old.
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The volcano has a uniform chemical composition consisting of
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ratio above 1. Deep mantle structures that formed through
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Miller, W.R.; Miller, J.D.; Heatwole, H. (January 1996).
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on three sides and the sea on the fourth. It is the only
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which may have formed through erosion. Gaussberg has no
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Gaussberg is an extremely isolated volcano although an
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may come from wind-driven erosion of Gaussberg rocks.
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are evidence that the volcano was formerly glaciated.
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Golynsky, Dmitry; Golynsky, Alexander (1 May 2010).
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and may be correlated to tectonic structures on the
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EGU General Assembly 2010. p. 11538. 1363: 995:Salvioli-Mariani, Toscani & Bersani 2004 361:a few kilometres southwest of Gaussberg and 1708: 1308: 879: 1822: 1792: 1400: 1249: 856: 2239:Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2174: 2118: 1888: 1879: 1868:Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 1846: 1740: 1432: 959: 935: 1639:, Boston, MA: Springer US, p. 702, 1624: 778: 702:United States Department of the Interior 299: 291:Antarctic territory claimed by Australia 2235:"Leucitites from Gaussberg, Antarctica" 2008: 1786: 1774: 894: 527:and further chemical processes such as 2498: 2156: 1828: 1798: 1558: 1507: 1321:Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 1256:Panter, Kurt Samuel (1 January 2021). 1255: 942:Aodha, Breandán S. Mac (1 June 1989). 862: 850: 682: 680: 678: 676: 2281: 1894: 1302: 1243: 941: 784: 404:Its activity has been related to the 1630: 1619:Tingey, McDougall & Gleadow 1983 1595:Tingey, McDougall & Gleadow 1983 1469:Tingey, McDougall & Gleadow 1983 1168:Tingey, McDougall & Gleadow 1983 983:Tingey, McDougall & Gleadow 1983 2526:Landforms of Kaiser Wilhelm II Land 2329:Geological Society, London, Memoirs 1262:Geological Society, London, Memoirs 1127:Earth and Planetary Science Letters 901:Geological Society, London, Memoirs 895:Smellie, John L. (1 January 2021). 693:Geographic Names Information System 673: 546: 543:may or may not have played a role. 226:Discovered in February 1902 by the 221: 13: 2284:"Mantle plumes from top to bottom" 2282:Sleep, Norman H. (1 August 2006). 1881:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1996.tb02342.x 869:Journal of Law and the Environment 381:underneath Gaussberg is formed by 14: 2547: 785:Doake, C. S. M. (23 April 1987). 247:Australasian Antarctic Expedition 125: 124: 117: 29: 2308:10.1016/j.earscirev.2006.03.007 1829:Yeates, G. W. (December 1979). 1742:10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107271 1678: 1036:10.1016/j.precamres.2014.12.011 875:(2): 63 – via HeinOnline. 698:United States Geological Survey 646:List of volcanoes in Antarctica 62:List of volcanoes in Antarctica 1848:10.1080/03014223.1979.10428408 1835:New Zealand Journal of Zoology 431: 1: 2157:Murphy, D. T. (1 June 2002). 1895:Fuchs, V. E. (January 1951). 944:"Mineral Names from Toponyms" 651: 2460:International Geology Review 1808:British Antarctic Expedition 1645:10.1007/978-1-4615-8038-6_15 1637:The Ocean Basins and Margins 1413:Geophysical Research Letters 1395:Smellie & Collerson 2021 1205:Smellie & Collerson 2021 1147:10.1016/0012-821X(92)90183-V 1077:Smellie & Collerson 2021 261:is named after the volcano. 7: 2134:. Boston, MA: Springer US. 1607:Mitchell & Bergman 1991 1571:Sheraton & Cundari 1980 1481:Mitchell & Bergman 1991 1193:Sheraton & Cundari 1980 1109:Mitchell & Bergman 1991 863:Wright, Minturn T. (1987). 789:. CUP Archive. p. 18. 773:Sheraton & Cundari 1980 668:Mitchell & Bergman 1991 639: 281:and between the Australian 265:Geography and geomorphology 251:Soviet Antarctic Expedition 228:German Antarctic Expedition 214:. The volcano has produced 16:Volcanic cone in Antarctica 10: 2552: 2370:Geochemistry International 2176:10.1093/petrology/43.6.981 2099:Geochemistry International 2001: 1721:Quaternary Science Reviews 1341:10.1038/s43017-022-00348-y 632:occur at the mountain and 596: 531:that raised the potassium/ 515:deposits have been found. 440:(originally identified as 352: 51:373 m (1,224 ft) 2480:10.1080/00206815909473430 2439:10.1080/00167618308729251 2390:10.1134/S0016702914120106 2140:10.1007/978-1-4615-3788-5 2120:10.1134/s0016702923090082 2056:Antarctic Research Series 1992:Vyalov & Sobolev 1959 1921:10.1017/S0032247400040894 1583:Sushchevskaya et al. 2014 1544:Vyalov & Sobolev 1959 1520:Sushchevskaya et al. 2014 1229:Sushchevskaya et al. 2014 1062:Vyalov & Sobolev 1959 234:, who named it after his 203:that has been reduced by 154: 149: 111: 106: 67: 55: 45: 40: 28: 23: 2210:10.1180/0026461046810173 2015:The Geographical Journal 1691:Global Volcanism Program 961:10.1179/nam.1989.37.1.19 584:Global Volcanism Program 472:, the latter containing 310:East Antarctic Ice Sheet 2511:Volcanoes of Antarctica 2506:Mountains of Antarctica 2456:"Gaussberg, Antarctica" 2131:Petrology of Lamproites 2009:Gregory, J. W. (1908). 1696:Smithsonian Institution 1139:1992E&PSL.111..257W 337:is possible. There are 304:German map of Gaussberg 2190:Mineralogical Magazine 1799:Murray, James (1907). 1673:LeMasurier et al. 1990 1633:"The Antarctic Margin" 1217:LeMasurier et al. 1990 1092:LeMasurier et al. 1990 822:LeMasurier et al. 1990 810:LeMasurier et al. 1990 739:10.1002/mmnz.200510009 561:Potassium-argon dating 305: 271:Kaiser Wilhelm II Land 2531:Pleistocene volcanoes 2288:Earth-Science Reviews 1493:Migdisova et al. 2023 834:Migdisova et al. 2023 529:crystal fractionation 484:and water. 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Index


Elevation
Listing
List of volcanoes in Antarctica
Coordinates
66°48′S 089°11′E / 66.800°S 89.183°E / -66.800; 89.183
Gaussberg is located in Antarctica
Antarctica
Mountain type
Volcanic cone
volcanic cone
East Antarctica
Davis Sea
Posadowsky Glacier
subglacially
mountain
glacial
subaerial
erosion
lamproite
German Antarctic Expedition
Erich von Drygalski
expedition ship
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Australasian Antarctic Expedition
Soviet Antarctic Expedition
krill
gaussbergite
Kaiser Wilhelm II Land
Antarctica

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