Assessment of physical weathering in bedrock areas at the Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica: Towards a classification of the current weathering grade in polar areas

• Published in: Journal of South American Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Ruiz-Pereira, S., Beriain, E., Cabré, A., Cid-Agüero, P.
• Other Authors: Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2022
• Subjects: Düse bay; Antarctic peninsula; Frozen grounds; Deglaciation; Thermal weathering; [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Trinity Peninsula; Legoupil; Cape Legoupil; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://insu.hal.science/insu-03863526; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2022.103913

International audience The Antarctic Peninsula is one of the world's most rapidly warming regions; over the last hundred years, glaciers have retreated, exposing new rocky areas to physical weathering. In its northernmost part, the Trinity Peninsula, physical weathering processes on exposed bed...