GGD279Rock glaciers on South Shetland Islands, Antarctic PeninsulaSerrano, E., J. Lopez-Martinez, J.M.G. Casado, J.J. Duran, E. Martinez de Pison, and P. NicolosRock glaciers on South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula1998-01-01Boulder, Colorado USANSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center1false10.7265/h6x0-a892https://doi.org/10.7265/h6x0-a892GGD279InvestigatorEnriqueSerranoserranoe@ccaix3.unican.es34 42 20177634 42 201783Av. de Los Castros s/n.Santander30012SpainInvestigatorJeronimoLopez-MartinezJeronimo.Lopez@uam.es34 1 397451343 1 397490CantoblancoMadrid28049SpainInvestigatorJose Manuel GonzalezCasadoInvestigatorJuan JoseDuranInvestigatorEduardoMartinez de Pisonemartinez@uam.es34 1 397 4513CantoblancoMadrid28049SpainInvestigatorPedroNicolosEARTH SCIENCECryosphereFrozen GroundRock Glaciers ROCK GLACIERSEARTH SCIENCELand SurfaceFrozen GroundRock Glaciers ROCK GLACIERSMappingRock Glaciers1994-01-011997-12-31-63.667-61.983-62.75-57.667OceanSouthern OceanSouth Shetland IslandsSouth Shetland Islands, Antarctic PeninsulaEnglishFGDCFrozen Ground Data Centerhttp://nsidc.org/fgdc/Data Center ContactFGDCUser Servicesnsidc@nsidc.org1-303-492-61991-303-492-2468National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCO80309-0449USAFTPASCIIBARSCH, D.1996. Rochglaciers. Indicators for the present and
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SERRANO, E.; LOPEZ-MARTINEZ, J.(In prep.).- Rock glaciers in
the South Shetland Islands.In the South Shetland Islands the investigators found eight active rock glaciers, no relict or fossil examples, and seven protalus ramparts. The rock glaciers are located on peninsulas and capes of the two main islands of the archipelago: King George and Livingston. The South Shetland Islands have a cold oceanic climate, characteristic of the maritime Antarctica, with frequent summer rains and moderate thermal amplitude, and a cold and humid morphoclimatic system, of crionival character. These climatic parameters facilitate the operation of periglacial processes, and the presence of a usually saturated active layer in summer. In the South Shetland Islands the presence of rock glaciers have been identified on Livingston Island (Martinez de Pison et al., 1991; Lopez-Martinez et al., 1992a, 1992b), on Admiralty Bay, in King George Island (Birkenmajer, 1981; Barsch et al., 1985) and in Fildes Peninsula (Barsch et al. 1985; Barsch, 1996; Cheng et al., 1996). Four further active rock glaciers have been identified during the present study in King George and Livingston Island (Serrano and Lopez-Martinez, in prep.). The rock glaciers are located in marginal zones, between 300 m asl and sea level, which has been recently deglaciated, and principally under 70 m asl, near 100 m under the Median Equilibrium Line Altitude (MELA). There are indications of a recent diminution of activity, with blurred fronts, mass movements in fronts and sides, lichen colonization and glaciokarstic processes. All of these indicate an inherited dynamic of past conditions in lower altitudes.
References to rock glaciers are scarce in Antarctica, limited to a few examples in the Transantarctic Mountains, Victoria Land, South Georgia, James Ross Island, and South Shetland Islands. The spatial pattern of rock glaciers indicates that they are more represented in the periphery of Antarctica than in the interior of the continent, and are particularly numerous in the Antarctic Peninsula region. These data are presented on the CAPS Version 1.0 CD-ROM, June 1998.VIEW RELATED INFORMATIONhttps://doi.org/10.7265/h6x0-a892DocumentationGET DATAftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/DATASETS/fgdc/ggd279_rockglac_antarctica/FTPCEOS IDN DIFVERSION 9.91998-01-012024-02-26NSIDCVersion SummaryNSIDCMinor VersionNSIDCCurrent Version1NSIDCLevel of ServiceBasicNSIDCFull Dataset Citation1998. <i>Rock glaciers on South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula.</i> [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. <a href="https://doi.org/10.7265/h6x0-a892">https://doi.org/10.7265/h6x0-a892</a>. [Date Accessed].NSIDCRetiredfalseNSIDCRelated Servicesapplication/vnd.nasa.cmr.umm+jsonfalsejroebuckmmt_service_12556S1962622169-NSIDCV0NSIDCV05service2023-04-25T21:20:48.786Zftp://sidads.colorado.edu/NSIDCV0_FTPNOT PROVIDED1FTP File SystemDownload data via FTP using an FTP client, command line utility or a script, e.g., Pythonhttps://nsidc.org/data/user-resources/help-center/how-access-data-using-ftp-client-command-line-wget-or-pythonVIEW RELATED INFORMATIONFTP Access GuidePublicationURLUSER SERVICESNSIDC User ServicesEmailnsidc@nsidc.orgDATA ACCESS/RETRIEVALDATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLINGEARTH SCIENCE SERVICESThis is the most current release of this service. Last updated date is unknown.SERVICE PROVIDERNational Snow and Ice Data CenterNSIDCNational Snow and Ice Data Center home pagehttps://nsidc.org/National Snow and Ice Data Center home page.https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/umm/service/v1.4UMM-S1.4ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/DATASETS/fgdc/ggd279_rockglac_antarctica/