Collins Glacier Retreat Process and Regional Climatic Variations, King George Island, Antarctica
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7783649 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carolina Lorenz Simoes (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, 91501‐970, Brazil), Kátia K Da Rosa (0000-0003-0977-9658, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), Fabiane Fernanda Czapela (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, 91501‐970, Brazil), Rosemary Vieira (0000-0003-0312-2890, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, 91501‐970, Brazil), Jefferson C Simões (0000-0001-5555-3401, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 105 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 462-471 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2015.12091.x |
| OpenAlex | W1931582797 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
This paper investigates the recent climatic variability and changes in snow line and ice front position in Collins Glacier, King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula. This region has recorded one of the largest temperature increases in the past fifty years and has been demonstrated to be highly sensitive to climate changes. To monitor recent changes (1983–2006), we determined the fluctuations of the terminus and snow line of the glacier via remote sensing data and field observation in the summer of 2013. We conclude that the Collins Glacier has responded slowly to regional climate changes (decades or even centuries), as glacial responses to climatic events do not depend solely on one environmental variable. The glacier presented more retreat and elevation of the snow line in the north sector. The retreat data are correlated with the mean monthly temperature and annual number of days of melting‐degree variations
Archaeology · Climate change · Climatology · Cove · Front (military · Geography · Geomorphology · Glacial period · Glacier · Glacier mass balance · Peninsula · Physical geography · Shetland · Snow · Snow cover · Snow line · Cryospheric studies and observations · Geology · Oceanography · Polar Research and Ecology · Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |