Mapping periglacial and glacial landforms within ice-free areas in a permafrost environment in southern Livingston Island (northern Antarctic Peninsula region) using space-borne SAR data

• Main Authors: Schmid, T., Guillaso, S., Lopez-Martinez, J., Nieto, A., Koch, M.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; South Shetland Islands; Livingston Island; Hannah; Hannah Point; Antarc*; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5004049

The ice-free areas of the South Shetland Islands are dominated by periglacial and glacial processes and landforms, closely associated with deposits of fluvial and coastal origin that are characteristic within the northern Antarctic Peninsula region. These areas are influenced by cold maritime climat...