Local influences of geothermal anomalies on permafrost distribution in an active volcanic island (Deception Island, Antarctica)

• Main Authors: Goyanes, G., Vieira, G., Caselli, A., Cardoso, M., Marmy, Antoine, Santos, F., Bernardo, I., Hauck, Christian
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Bransfield Strait; Deception Island; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica; permafrost; wedge*
• Online Access: http://doc.rero.ch/record/233164/files/hau_lig.pdf

This study aims at understanding the spatial distribution and characteristics of the frozen and unfrozen terrain in an alluvial fan on Deception Island, which is an active strato-volcano located in the Bransfield Strait (South Shetland Islands) with recent eruptions in 1967, 1969 and 1970. The alluv...