Relationship between the distribution of periglacial landforms and glaciation history, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Zhu, C, Cui, ZJ, Zhang, JX
• Other Authors: Zhu, C (reprint author), NANJING UNIV,DEPT EARTH & OCEAN SCI,NANJING 210093,PEOPLES R CHINA., BEIJING UNIV,DEPT GEOG,BEIJING 100871,PEOPLES R CHINA., NANJING UNIV,DEPT EARTH & OCEAN SCI,NANJING 210093,PEOPLES R CHINA.
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: permafrost and periglacial processes 1996
• Subjects: periglacial landforms; Antarctica; glaciation; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; King George Island; Antarc*; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/402835; https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1530(199601)7:1<95::AID-PPP206>3.3.CO;2-V

Three kinds of profile assemblage features show that periglacial landforms have an internal relationship in genesis. For example, where there is a rich weathering debris, the dominant landforms are talus, black slopes, mass movement features, and mega-grained sorted forms. Where the debris material is silty, fine-grained periglacial forms (for example, gelifluction steps and striated soils) dominate. Where the debris source is limited, talus only appears at the south-east side of periglacial tors and hilltops; the major periglacial forms are striated soils and muddy sorted circles. In general, periglacial landforms show a difference between stoss and leeward slopes. Geography, Physical Geology SCI(E) 2 ARTICLE 1 95-100 7