Recent shallowing of the thaw depth at Crater Lake, Deception Island, Antarctica (2006–2014)

Catena

Volumn 149, Issue , 2017, Pages 519-528

  Ramos, M ^a   Vieira, G ^b   de Pablo, M A ^a   Molina, A ^a   Abramov, A ^c   Goyanes, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

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

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Active layer; Antarctic peninsula; Decreasing thaw depth; Permafrost; Snow insulation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PERMAFROST; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER; STRATOVOLCANO; THAWING; WATER CONTENT;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; CRATER LAKE; DECEPTION ISLAND; OREGON; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; UNITED STATES; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 85000783959     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2016.07.019     Document Type: Article

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