Area and borders of Antarctic and permafrost—A review and synthesis
Abstract The Antarctic continent is a crucial area for ultimate determination of permafrost extent on Earth, and its solution depends on the theoretical assumptions adopted. In fact, it ranges from 0.022 × 10 6 to 14 × 10 6 km 2 . This level of inaccuracy is unprecedented in the Earth sciences. The...
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crwiley:10.1002/ppp.2170 2024-06-23T07:46:53+00:00 Area and borders of Antarctic and permafrost—A review and synthesis Dobiński, Wojciech Szafraniec, Joanna E. Szypuła, Bartłomiej 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppp.2170 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ppp.2170 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/ppp.2170 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Permafrost and Periglacial Processes volume 34, issue 1, page 37-51 ISSN 1045-6740 1099-1530 journal-article 2022 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.2170 2024-06-11T04:38:58Z Abstract The Antarctic continent is a crucial area for ultimate determination of permafrost extent on Earth, and its solution depends on the theoretical assumptions adopted. In fact, it ranges from 0.022 × 10 6 to 14 × 10 6 km 2 . This level of inaccuracy is unprecedented in the Earth sciences. The novelty of the present study consists in determining the extent of Antarctic permafrost not based exclusively on empirical studies but on universal criteria resulting from the definition of permafrost as the thermal state of the lithosphere, which was applied for the first time to this continent. The area covered by permafrost in Antarctica is ca. 13.9 million km 2 , that is its entire surface. This result was also made possible due to the first clear determination of the boundaries and area of the continent. The Antarctic area includes (a) rocky subsurface with (b) continental ice‐sheets and (c) shelf glaciers, which, due to their terrigenous origin and belonging to the lithosphere, belongs to the continent in the same way. Antarctica is covered by continuous permafrost, either in a frozen or in a cryotic state. This also significantly influences delimitation of the global extent of permafrost, which can therefore be defined much more accurately. The proposed ice reclassification and its transfer from the hydrosphere to the lithosphere will allow the uniform treatment of ice in the Earth sciences, both on Earth and on other celestial bodies. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice permafrost Permafrost and Periglacial Processes Wiley Online Library Antarctic The Antarctic Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 34 1 37 51 |
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Abstract The Antarctic continent is a crucial area for ultimate determination of permafrost extent on Earth, and its solution depends on the theoretical assumptions adopted. In fact, it ranges from 0.022 × 10 6 to 14 × 10 6 km 2 . This level of inaccuracy is unprecedented in the Earth sciences. The novelty of the present study consists in determining the extent of Antarctic permafrost not based exclusively on empirical studies but on universal criteria resulting from the definition of permafrost as the thermal state of the lithosphere, which was applied for the first time to this continent. The area covered by permafrost in Antarctica is ca. 13.9 million km 2 , that is its entire surface. This result was also made possible due to the first clear determination of the boundaries and area of the continent. The Antarctic area includes (a) rocky subsurface with (b) continental ice‐sheets and (c) shelf glaciers, which, due to their terrigenous origin and belonging to the lithosphere, belongs to the continent in the same way. Antarctica is covered by continuous permafrost, either in a frozen or in a cryotic state. This also significantly influences delimitation of the global extent of permafrost, which can therefore be defined much more accurately. The proposed ice reclassification and its transfer from the hydrosphere to the lithosphere will allow the uniform treatment of ice in the Earth sciences, both on Earth and on other celestial bodies. |
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Area and borders of Antarctic and permafrost—A review and synthesis |
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Area and borders of Antarctic and permafrost—A review and synthesis |
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