Local influences of geothermal anomalies on permafrost distribution in an active volcanic island (Deception Island, Antarctica)

Geomorphology

Volumn 225, Issue C, 2014, Pages 57-68

  Goyanes, G ^a   Vieira, G ^b   Caselli, A ^c   Cardoso, M ^b   Marmy, A ^d   Santos, F ^e   Bernardo, I ^e   Hauck, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE GEOGRAFIA E ORDENAMENTO DO TERRITÓRIO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE RÍO NEGRO   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Active Volcano; Antarctica; Deception Island; Geothermal Anomaly; Permafrost; South Shetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898743630     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.04.010     Document Type: Article

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