Study of Johnsons Glacier (Livingston Island, Antarctica) by means of shallow ice cores and their tephra and by analysis of 137Cs content

• Main Authors: FURDADA, G., POURCHET, M., VILAPLANA, J.M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universitat de Barcelona 1999
• Subjects: Austral; Deception Island; Livingston Island; Ela; Johnsons; Johnsons Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice cap; ice core
• Online Access: http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/ActaGeologica/article/view/5073

With the aim of monitoring the dynamics of the Livingston Island ice cap, the Departament de Geodinàmica i Geofísica of the Universitat de Barcelona began yearly surveys in the austral summer of 1994-95 on Johnsons Glacier. During this field campaign 10 shallow ice cores were sampled with a manual v...