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Eruptions, apparently associated with the caldera fault zone, have created a new island and a new 5 km fissure. Several explosive vents along the fissure caused a rift in the overlying glacier releasing a flood of water carrying ice blocks.
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BAKER, P., DAVIES, T. & ROOBOL, M. Volcanic Activity at Deception Island in 1967 and 1969. Nature 224, 553–560 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/224553a0
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