Geomorphological processes and frozen ground conditions in Elephant Point (Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica)

• Published in: Geomorphology
• Main Authors: Oliva, Marc, Ruiz-Fernández, Jesús
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: Elephant Point; Maritime Antarctica; Geomorphology; Frozen ground; Permafrost; Dome Glacier; Livingston Island; Rotch; Rotch Dome; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica; Elephant Seals; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/36212; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.01.020

Elephant Point is an ice-free area in the SW corner of Livingston Island (Maritime Antarctica). The retreat of Rotch Dome glacier during the Holocene has exposed a land area of 1.16 km2 . Up to 17.3% of this surface has become ice-free between 1956 and 2010. A detailed geomorphological mapping of th...