Evaluation of frozen ground conditions along a coastal topographic gradient at Byers Peninsula (Livingston Island, Antarctica) by geophysical and geoecological methods

Catena

Volumn 149, Issue , 2017, Pages 529-537

  Correia, António ^a   Oliva, Marc ^b   Ruiz Fernández, Jesús ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Byers Peninsula; Electrical resistivity tomography; Geomorphology; Geophysical surveying; Maritime Antarctica; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DISCONTINUITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELEVATION; FROZEN GROUND; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GROUND CONDITIONS; PERMAFROST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; BYERS PENINSULA; LIVINGSTON ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84994344563     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2016.08.006     Document Type: Article

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