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==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from [[U.S. Navy]] air photos taken from 1959 – 65. The bluff was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names for Arthur J. Brandenberger, a United States Antarctic Research Program glaciologist with the [[Byrd Station]] Traverse of 1962 – 63. | It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from [[U.S. Navy]] air photos taken from 1959 – 65. The bluff was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names for Arthur J. Brandenberger, a United States Antarctic Research Program glaciologist with the [[Byrd Station]] Traverse of 1962 – 63. | ||
==Volcanic history== | |||
Older volcanics are exposed at Brandenberger Bluff with dates ranging form around 2,738,000 ± 63,000 years ago. Brandenberger Bluff lies northwest of the main summit and unlike the rest of Mount Berlin, which is formed by flow rocks, Brandenberger Bluff is formed by layered hyaloclastite tuffs. Phonolithic and phonotephritic rocks are found at Brandenberger Bluff. Over time, the contents of iron in the rocks erupted by Mount Berlin increased and that of silica and potassium. | |||
==Peerage title== | ==Peerage title== | ||