CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PERMAFROST STRUCTURE ON THE FILDES PENINSULA, KING GEORGE ISLAND, ANTARCTICA

• Main Authors: ZHU, C, CUI, ZJ, XIONG, HG, YAO, Z
• Other Authors: ZHU, C (reprint author), NANJING UNIV,DEPT GEO & OCEAN SCI,NANJING 210008,PEOPLES R CHINA., BEIJING UNIV,DEPT GEOG,BEIJING 100871,PEOPLES R CHINA., LANZHOU UNIV,DEPT GEOL,LANZHOU 730000,PEOPLES R CHINA., NANJING UNIV,DEPT GEO & OCEAN SCI,NANJING 210008,PEOPLES R CHINA.
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 中国科学b辑 化学英文版 1993
• Subjects: PERMAFROST STRUCTURE; ACTIVE LAYER; GRANULARITY PARAMETER; GEOELECTRICAL PROSPECTINGS; SALT CONTENT; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; King George Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/402201

Based on the data from the pitting, geoelectrical prospectings, temperature measuring, and the divided layers frost-heaving instruments, this paper, first, discusses the structure features of active layers in this region, and proves the presence of the bowl-shaped frost table in the stone circles ar...