Insights into deglaciation of the largest ice-free area in the South Shetland Islands (Antarctica) from quantitative analysis of the drainage system

Mink, Sandra; López-Martı́nez, Jerónimo; Maestro, Adolfo; Garrote, Julio; Ortega, Juan Gabriel Morcillo; Cañadas, Enrique Serrano; Durán, Juan José; Schmid, Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.03.028

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“…Mink et al, 2015). By studying relatively large ice-free areas, like Byers Peninsula (60.6 km 2 ), the largest ice-free area in the region, relationships between drainage streams development and the fractures network have been identified, as well as its relation with the time and mode of deglaciation (Mink et al, 2014).…”

Section: Mapping Results In Selected Areas Of the South Shetland Islandsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Geomorphology and landforms distribution in selected ice-free areas in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Northern Peninsula region

López-Martı́nez

Schmid

Cañadas

et al. 2016

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Section: Mapping Results In Selected Areas Of the South Shetland Islandsmentioning

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Geomorphology and landforms distribution in selected ice-free areas in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Northern Peninsula region

López-Martı́nez

Schmid

Cañadas

et al. 2016

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“…In these areas, tens of lakes formed due to the lack of an organized drainage system (Mink et al, 2014). For the entire AP region, the onset of glacial retreat dates to 14-15 ka with massive ice loss and sea level rise until 6 ka (Ingólfsson et al, 2003;Weber et al, 2014).…”

Section: Holocene Glacial Retreat Lake Formation and Intense Periglmentioning

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Relative Paleoenvironmental Adjustments Following Deglaciation of the Byers Peninsula (Livingston Island, Antarctica)

Fernández

Oliva

2016

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

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“…The landscape of ice-free regions within the South Shetland Islands is influenced by the geological morphostructure and the deglaciation history (Mink et al, 2014(Mink et al, , 2015.…”

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Geomorphological mapping of ice-free areas using polarimetric RADARSAT-2 data on Fildes Peninsula and Ardley Island, Antarctica

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International audienceSatellite-borne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) has been used for characterizing and mapping in two relevant ice-free areas in the South Shetland Islands. The objective has been to identify and characterize land surface covers that mainly include periglacial and glacial landforms, using fully polarimetric SAR C band RADARSAT-2 data, on Fildes Peninsula that forms part of King George Island, and Ardley Island. Polarimetric parameters obtained from the SAR data, a selection of field based training and validation sites and a supervised classification approach, using the support vector machine were chosen to determine the spatial distribution of the different landforms. Eight periglacial and glacial landforms were characterized according to their scattering mechanisms using a set of 48 polarimetric parameters. The mapping of the most representative surface covers included colluvial deposits, stone fields and pavements, patterned grounds, glacial till and rock outcrops, lakes and glacier ice. The overall accuracy of the results was estimated at 81%, a significant value when mapping areas that are within isolated regions where access is limited. Periglacial surface covers such as stone fields and pavements occupy 25% and patterned grounds over 20% of the ice-free areas. These are results that form the basis for an extensive monitoring of the ice-free areas throughout the northern Antarctic Peninsula region

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Insights into deglaciation of the largest ice-free area in the South Shetland Islands (Antarctica) from quantitative analysis of the drainage system

Cited by 27 publications

References 44 publications

Geomorphology and landforms distribution in selected ice-free areas in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Northern Peninsula region

Geomorphology and landforms distribution in selected ice-free areas in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Northern Peninsula region

Relative Paleoenvironmental Adjustments Following Deglaciation of the Byers Peninsula (Livingston Island, Antarctica)

Geomorphological mapping of ice-free areas using polarimetric RADARSAT-2 data on Fildes Peninsula and Ardley Island, Antarctica

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