GLACIAL HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM IN WANDA GLACIER ABLATION AREA, KING GEORGE ISLAND, ANTARCTICA, USING GROUND PENETRATING RADAR

• Published in: Boletim de Geografia
• Main Authors: Rosa, Katia Kellem da, Vieira, Rosemary, Fernandez, Guilherme Borges, Simões, Jefferson Cardia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: EDUEM - Editora da Universidade Estadual de Maringá 2019
• Subjects: Hydrology. Ground-penetration radar. Glacial drainage system. Temperate glacier; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; King George Island; South Shetland Islands; Wanda Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://eduemojs.uem.br/ojs/index.php/BolGeogr/article/view/27545; https://doi.org/10.4025/bolgeogr.v37i1.27545

This paper aims to determine the configuration of the drainage system and water storage in Wanda Glacier, located in King George Island (KGI), South Shetland Islands (61°54’ – 62°16’S and 57°35’ – 59°02’W), Antarctic Peninsula, using data obtained by 100 MHz GPR (Ground Penetration Radar) survey. Th...