Gelifluction and thixotropy of maritime Antarctic soils: small-scale measurements with a rotational rheometer

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: Sun, Benhua, Dennis, Paul G., Newsham, Kevin K., Hopkins, David W., Hallett, Paul D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Antarctic; Greenwich; Alectoria; Wiencke; Antarc*; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/511026/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp.1886/abstract

Gelifluction, thixotropy and yield stress were measured from < 5 g soil samples taken from Signy, Alectoria, Greenwich, Wiencke and Livingston islands in the maritime Antarctic using a temperature-controlled rotational rheometer. The small sample size that this method permitted is compatible with...