THERMAL AND GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS ABOUT SOME ICE WEDGES OF NORTHERN VICTORIA LAND (ANTARCTICA)

• Main Authors: RAFFI, Rossana, B. STENNI, O. FLORA, U. GENTILI
• Other Authors: Raffi, Rossana, B., Stenni, O., Flora, U., Gentili
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: GeoUnion Alfred-Wegner-Stiftung 2005
• Subjects: Ice wedge; thermal regime; isotope composition; tritium activity; Antarctic; Freyberg Mountains; Terra Nova Bay; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice; permafrost; wedge*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11573/213634

During the XIV, XVI and XIX Italian Antarctic Expeditions geomorphologic surveys of permafrost-related polygons were carried out in the northern Victoria land. Ice wedges were found in sites with different altitudes and climatic conditions in a vast area extending from the Terra Nova Bay up to Freyb...