Climate change on the Antarctic Peninsula | Glacier fluctuations on James Ross Island | Glacier modelling experiments | Summary and conclusions | Further reading | Modelled glacier response to centennial temperature and precipitation trends on the Antarctic Peninsula This article is a summary of the following paper: Davies, B.J., Golledge, N.R., Glasser, N.F., Carrivick, J.L., …
Please see the following work: Glasser, N.F., B.J. Davies, J.L. Carrivick, A. Ròdes, M.J. Hambrey, J.L. Smellie and E. Domack (2014). Ice-stream initiation, duration and thinning on James Ross Island, northern Antarctic Peninsula. Quaternary Science Reviews 86, 78-88. Download the Glasser et al. 2014 Preprint. The following is a shorter, simpler version of the paper. …
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This page is a shortened and simplified version of the paper by Davies et al. 2013, published by the Geological Society of London. It discusses a semi-arid subpolar landsystem and its paraglacial modification on James Ross Island, northeast Antarctic Peninsula. Glacial landsystems | | Methods | Sediment-landform assemblages | Processes of landscape evolution | Glacial-paraglacial-periglacial …
The Little Ice Age on James Ross Island | Methods | Moraine morphology and sedimentology | Glacier extent, surface and volume changesy | Interpretation | Summary and conclusions | References | Comments | This is a shortened and simplified version of the Carrivick et al. 2012 article in Journal of Glaciology. The Late Holocene on …
A paper in this weeks’ Nature by Mulvaney et al. 2012 suggested that the climate around the Antarctic Peninsula has varied extensively over the Holocene. This data is derived from a 363.9 m ice core from the Mount Haddington Ice Cap on James Ross Island.
Professor Jane Francis from Leeds University gave a talk at the SCAR 2012 Open Science Conference on sea ice during the Cretaceous period.
Introduction to periglacial environments | James Ross Island | Patriot Hills, Ellsworth Mountains | Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica | Terra Nova Bay, Northern Victoria Land | References | Comments | Introduction to periglacial environments Periglacial, Paraglacial and Permafrost Periglacial environments are those that are in a cold climate, typically near glacierised regions. Permafrost environments are …
Photographs from glacial geological fieldwork on James Ross Island in February to March 2011 (to Brandy Bay region) and 2012 (to Terrapin Hill). James Ross Island photographs by Bethan Davies. Article by Bethan Davies.
Glacial Landforms There is a huge variety of glacial landforms recognised in the geological record. However, they are difficult to see in Antarctica, because they are usually buried beneath ice. On a few small islands around the Antarctic Peninsula, however, you can see evidence of past glaciations through glacier sediments and landforms. The contrast between …
