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Call for Papers for open call N° 71, July 2026, semi-thematic

 

Global changes and their effects on the earth system: climate and the cryosphere

 

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Glacial landforms and glaciological processes of the temperate Wanda Glacier, South Shetlands

Authors

  • Kátia Kellem da Rosa Centro Polar e Climático - INCT da Criosfera, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre
  • Rosemary Vieira Laboratorio de Processos Sedimentares e Ambientais (LAPSA) Universidade Federal Fluminense
  • Guilherme Borges Fernandez Laboratório de Geografia Física, Universidade Federal Fluminense
  • Felipe Lorenz Simoes Centro Polar e Climático - INCT da Criosfera, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre
  • Jefferson Cardia Simoes Centro Polar e Climático - INCT da Criosfera, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre
No. 43 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5370.2011.18494
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Abstract

This paper presents the geomorphic mapping of the Wanda Glacier proglacial environment, King George Island, South Shetlands. All together investigates the glaciological dynamics related to the glacial landforms in the study area. The mapping was based on field analysis and image interpretation. The interpretation was also made by mean of identification and interpretation of the samples in laboratoty. Glaciofluvial, glaciomarine and subglacial processes predominate in the study area. As a result from the recent glacial retreat, several landforms and proglacial deposits, such as flutes, morainic ridges, striated rocks, have been exposed. Abraded and subglacially transported sediments predominate in the deglaciation environments, with meltwater flow in the bed. The generated map contributes in improving the knowledge about the processes that influence the glacial geomorphology and geodynamics. Furthermore this study serves as support to monitoring environmental change facing the glacier retreat processes as effect of climate variability verified in the study area.    

Keywords:

geomorphic mapping , image interpretation , proglacial environmental , glacial geomorphology
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Kellem da Rosa, K., Vieira, R., Borges Fernandez, G., Lorenz Simoes, F., & Cardia Simoes, J. (2011). Glacial landforms and glaciological processes of the temperate Wanda Glacier, South Shetlands. Investigaciones Geográficas, (43), Pág. 3–16. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5370.2011.18494
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