Relationship between the distribution of periglacial landforms and glaciation history, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica

Abstract

Three kinds of profile assemblage features show that periglacial landforms have an internal relationship in genesis. For example, where there is a rich weathering debris, the dominant landforms are talus, black slopes, mass movement features, and mega‐grained sorted forms. Where the debris material is silty, fine‐grained periglacial forms (for example, gelifluction steps and striated soils) dominate. Where the debris source is limited, talus only appears at the south‐east side of periglacial tors and hilltops; the major periglacial forms are striated soils and muddy sorted circles. In general, periglacial landforms show a difference between stoss and leeward slopes.

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

“…Numerous studies carried out in the South Shetland Islands include the periglacial environment, where patterned ground, gelifluction, cryoclastic and cryoturbation processes, slope processes, and permafrost and active layer are the main focus (John and Sudgen, 1973;Simonov, 1977;Barsch et al, 1985;Vtyurina and Moskalevskiya, 1985;Xie, 1988;Cui et al, 1989;Qingsong, 1989;Martínez de Pisón et al, 1991, Zhu et al, 1996Jeong, 2006;Serrano and López-Martínez, 1997a, 1997bSerrano et al, 2002aSerrano et al, , 2002bSerrano et al, , 2008López-Martínez et al, 2012). Also, some studies have also focussed on soils and cryogenic processes (Blümel and Eitel, 1989;Ye and Tianjie, 1996;Chen and Blume, 1999;Chen et al, 2000).…”

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

“…Numerous studies carried out in the South Shetland Islands include the periglacial environment, where patterned ground, gelifluction, cryoclastic and cryoturbation processes, slope processes, and permafrost and active layer are the main focus (John and Sudgen, 1973;Simonov, 1977;Barsch et al, 1985;Vtyurina and Moskalevskiya, 1985;Xie, 1988;Cui et al, 1989;Qingsong, 1989;Martínez de Pisón et al, 1991, Zhu et al, 1996Jeong, 2006;Serrano and López-Martínez, 1997a, 1997bSerrano et al, 2002aSerrano et al, , 2002bSerrano et al, , 2008López-Martínez et al, 2012). Also, some studies have also focussed on soils and cryogenic processes (Blümel and Eitel, 1989;Ye and Tianjie, 1996;Chen and Blume, 1999;Chen et al, 2000).…”

Permafrost and active layer monitoring in the maritime Antarctic: Preliminary results from CALM sites on Livingston and Deception Islands

“…There is a severe lack of data concerning the ground thermal regime in Antarctica although a few records exist for maritime Antarctica: in the eastern AP region, Orkay Islands th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences 2 temperature records were collected by Chambers (1966), on Seymour Island (Corté, 1982;Fournier et al, 1978;Fukuda et al, 1991) and on James Ross Island (Hukuda, 1990) the permafrost distribution was studied. In South Shetland archipelago there are studies in King George Island (Zhu, C et al., 1996;Kejna and Laska, 1999) on the relationship between periglacial forms and the active layer, as well as on Livingston and Deception Islands (Hall, 1997;Ramos and Vieira, 2003;Chambers, 1965;López-Martinez, 1996) and finally in continental Antarctica (Paetzold et al;2000, Bockheim andHall, 2002;Guglielmin, 2006;Campbell and Claridge, 2006).…”

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

“…Numerous studies carried out in the South Shetland Islands include the periglacial environment, where patterned ground, gelifluction, cryoclastic and cryoturbation processes, slope processes, and permafrost and active layer are the main focus (John and Sudgen, 1973;Simonov, 1977;Barsch et al, 1985;Vtyurina and Moskalevskiya, 1985;Xie, 1988;Cui et al, 1989;Qingsong, 1989;Martínez de Pisón et al, 1991, Zhu et al, 1996Jeong, 2006;Serrano and López-Martínez, 1997a, 1997bSerrano et al, 2002aSerrano et al, , 2002bSerrano et al, , 2008López-Martínez et al, 2012). Also, some studies have also focussed on soils and cryogenic processes (Blümel and Eitel, 1989;Ye and Tianjie, 1996;Chen and Blume, 1999;Chen et al, 2000).…”

Permafrost and active layer monitoring in the maritime Antarctic: Preliminary results from CALM sites on Livingston and Deception Islands

“…There is a severe lack of data concerning the ground thermal regime in Antarctica although a few records exist for maritime Antarctica: in the eastern AP region, Orkay Islands th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences 2 temperature records were collected by Chambers (1966), on Seymour Island (Corté, 1982;Fournier et al, 1978;Fukuda et al, 1991) and on James Ross Island (Hukuda, 1990) the permafrost distribution was studied. In South Shetland archipelago there are studies in King George Island (Zhu, C et al., 1996;Kejna and Laska, 1999) on the relationship between periglacial forms and the active layer, as well as on Livingston and Deception Islands (Hall, 1997;Ramos and Vieira, 2003;Chambers, 1965;López-Martinez, 1996) and finally in continental Antarctica (Paetzold et al;2000, Bockheim andHall, 2002;Guglielmin, 2006;Campbell and Claridge, 2006).…”

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

“…Numerous studies carried out in the South Shetland Islands include the periglacial environment, where patterned ground, gelifluction, cryoclastic and cryoturbation processes, slope processes, and permafrost and active layer are the main focus (John and Sudgen, 1973;Simonov, 1977;Barsch et al, 1985;Vtyurina and Moskalevskiya, 1985;Xie, 1988;Cui et al, 1989;Qingsong, 1989;Martínez de Pisón et al, 1991, Zhu et al, 1996Jeong, 2006;Serrano and López-Martínez, 1997a, 1997bSerrano et al, 2002aSerrano et al, , 2002bSerrano et al, , 2008López-Martínez et al, 2012). Also, some studies have also focussed on soils and cryogenic processes (Blümel and Eitel, 1989;Ye and Tianjie, 1996;Chen and Blume, 1999;Chen et al, 2000).…”

Permafrost and active layer monitoring in the maritime Antarctic: Preliminary results from CALM sites on Livingston and Deception Islands

“…There is a severe lack of data concerning the ground thermal regime in Antarctica although a few records exist for maritime Antarctica: in the eastern AP region, Orkay Islands th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences 2 temperature records were collected by Chambers (1966), on Seymour Island (Corté, 1982;Fournier et al, 1978;Fukuda et al, 1991) and on James Ross Island (Hukuda, 1990) the permafrost distribution was studied. In South Shetland archipelago there are studies in King George Island (Zhu, C et al., 1996;Kejna and Laska, 1999) on the relationship between periglacial forms and the active layer, as well as on Livingston and Deception Islands (Hall, 1997;Ramos and Vieira, 2003;Chambers, 1965;López-Martinez, 1996) and finally in continental Antarctica (Paetzold et al;2000, Bockheim andHall, 2002;Guglielmin, 2006;Campbell and Claridge, 2006).…”