The deglaciation of the ice-free areas in the South Shetland Islands: Examples from Byers (livingston) and barton (King George)

• Published in: Cuaternario y Geomorfología
• Main Authors: Oliva, M., Antoniades, D., Giralt, Santiago, Granados, I., Pla-Rabes, S., Toro, M., Sanjurjo, Jorge
• Other Authors: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Asociación Española para el Estudio del Cuaternario 2016
• Subjects: Antarctica; Barton peninsula; Byers Peninsula; Deglaciation; Lake sediments; Barton; Barton Peninsula; Byers; Byers peninsula; Hielo; islas Shetland del Sur; King George Island; Livingston Island; Shetland del Sur; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Antártida; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/136665; https://doi.org/10.17735/cyg.v30i1-2.48665; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871

The process of deglaciation of the present-day ice-free environments in the Maritime Antarctica has profound geomorphological and ecological implications. However, the timing of glacier retreat is still poorly understood. This is the case of the deglaciated areas existing in Byers (Livingston Island...