Brown Bluff

Brown Bluff

Brown Bluff is a tuya located at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. It formed in the past 1 million years, which erupted subglacially within an englacial lake. The volcano's original diameter is thought to have been about 12-15 kilometers, and probably formed by a single vent. Brown Bluff is subdivided into four stages: pillow volcano, tuff cone, slope failure, and hyaloclastite delta and into five structural units. [ [http://www.springerlink.com/content/ul45304n3m01g672/ Springerlink: Evolution of an englacial volcano: Brown Bluff, Antarctica] . Retrieved on 2007-11-11]

The volcano is named "Brown Bluff" because of its steep slopes and its brown-to-black hyaloclastite.

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