Coupling patterns between para-glacial and permafrost degradation responses in Antarctica

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1227-1238

  Oliva, Marc ^a   Ruiz Fernández, Jesús ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Climate warming; Elephant Point; Para glacial dynamics; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LANDSLIDES; PERMAFROST; SEDIMENTS; SLOPE PROTECTION;

ANTARCTICA; CLIMATE WARMING; ELEPHANT POINT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL UNITS; PERMAFROST DEGRADATION; POST-GLACIAL EVOLUTION; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENT;

ICE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGRADATION; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIER; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE CAP; ICE COVER; MORAINE; PERMAFROST; WARMING;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; LIVINGSTON ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84947862587     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3716     Document Type: Article

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