Vertical electric resistivity sounding of natural and anthropogenically affected cryosols of Fildes Peninsula, Western Antarctica

• Main Author: Abakumov, Evgeny
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Masaryk Univerzity 2017
• Subjects: soils; Antarctic; Vertical Electric Sounding (VERS); Wastes Polygons (WP); King George Island; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; Active layer thickness; Antarc*; Antarctica; permafrost
• Online Access: http://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/view/12996

Natural and anthropogenically-affected Cryosols of the Fildes Peninsula (King George Island, NWAntarcticPeninsula) from the surroundings of Russian polar station Bellingshausen were investigated by vertical electric sounding. The aim of the study was to asses the thawing depth and active layer thick...