Active layer dynamics in three topographically distinct lake catchments in Byers Peninsula (Livingston Island, Antarctica)

• Published in: CATENA
• Main Authors: Oliva, Marc, Hrbacek, Filip, Ruiz-Fernández, Jesús, de Pablo, Miguel Ángel, Vieira, Goncalo, Ramos, Miguel, Antoniades, Dermot
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: Active layer; Topography; Snow cover; Byers Peninsula; Antarctica; Byers; Byers peninsula; Cerro Negro; Livingston Island; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/36179; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2016.07.011

Topography exerts a key role in controlling permafrost distribution in areas where mean annual temperatures are slightly negative. One such case is the low-altitude environments of Maritime Antarctica, where permafrost is sporadic to discontinuous below 20–40 m asl and continuous at higher areas and...