Recent shallowing of the thaw depth at Crater Lake, Deception Island, Antarctica (2006–2014)

• Published in: CATENA
• Main Authors: Ramos, M., Vieira, Goncalo, de Pablo, M.A., Molina, A., Abramov, A., Goyanes, G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: Permafrost; Decreasing thaw depth; Active layer; Snow insulation; Antarctic peninsula; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Crater Lake; Deception Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/36181; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2016.07.019

The Western Antarctic Peninsula region is one of the hot spots of climate change and one of the most ecologicallysensitive regions of Antarctica,where permafrostis near its climatic limits. The research was conducted in Decep-tion Island, an active stratovolcano in the South Shetlands archipelago of...