Visual recovery of desert pavement surfaces following impacts from vehicle and foot traffic in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: O'Neill, Tanya Ann, Balks, Megan R., López-Martínez, Jerónimo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2013
• Subjects: foot-tracking; human impacts; surface morphology; surface recovery; tracks; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ross Sea; Cape Roberts; Taylor Valley; Wright Valley; Marble Point; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/7856; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102012001125

Sites of past human activity were investigated to assess the visual recovery of the desert pavement following impacts from human trampling and vehicle traffic. Visually disturbed and nearby control sites were assessed using comparative photographic records, a field-based Visual Site Assessment, and...