Evaluation of frozen ground conditions along a coastal topographic gradient at Byers Peninsula (Livingston Island, Antarctica) by geophysical and geoecological methods

• Published in: CATENA
• Main Authors: Correia, Antonio, Oliva, Marc, Ruiz-Fernández, Jésus
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2016
• Subjects: Byers Peninsula; Maritime Antarctica; Geophysical surveying; Electrical resistivity tomography; Geomorphology; Permafrost; Byers; Byers peninsula; Livingston Island; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/19786; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2016.08.006

Geophysical surveying and geoelectricalmethods are effective to study permafrost distribution and conditions in polar environments. Geoelectrical methods are particularly suited to study the spatial distribution of permafrost because of its high electrical resistivity in comparison with that of soil...