Insights into deglaciation of the largest ice-free area in the South Shetland Islands (Antarctica) from quantitative analysis of the drainage system

Geomorphology

Volumn 225, Issue C, 2014, Pages 4-24

  Mink, Sandra ^a,b   López Martínez, Jerónimo ^b   Maestro, Adolfo ^a,b   Garrote, Julio ^c   Ortega, José A ^b   Serrano, Enrique ^d   Durán, Juan José ^a   Schmid, Thomas ^e  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^e CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Byers Peninsula; Fluvial; Glacial geomorphology; Permafrost; Quaternary; Relief evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899468675     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.03.028     Document Type: Article

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