Coupling patterns between para-glacial and permafrost degradation responses in Antarctica

The recently deglaciated environments in maritime permafrost regions are usually affected by very active paraglacial processes. Elephant Point is an ice-free area of 1.16 km2 located in the SW of Livingston island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica). Between 1956–2010 the retreat of the ice cap cov...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Main Authors: Oliva, Marc, Ruiz-Fernández, Jesús
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: John Wiley and Sons 2017
Subjects:
Ice
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/28279
https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3716