Lichens from the Admiralty Bay region, King George Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica)
Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 2014 61 Species new to the Admiralty Bay region are reported. Among them 51 are new to King George Island, 35 to the South Shetland archipelago, 15 to the Antarctic zone, and 6 to the Southern Hemisphere. A further 49 species were found at new localities.
Maria Olech
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Cenozoic paleontological characteristics and paleoenvironment of King George Island, West Antarctica
Dizhi lixue xuebao, 2021 A set of high-K and low-Al tholeiites intercalated with volcanic clastic rocks developed in King George Island (Western Antarctica), belonging to the island arc volcanic rock series.
WEI Lijie
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Glacier fluctuations and a proglacial evolution in King George Bay (King George Island), Antarctica, since 1980 decade [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2023 This study aims to investigate the glacier shrinkage and recent proglacial environment in King George Bay, Antarctica, since 1988 in response to climate change. Remote sensing data (SPOT, Sentinel, Landsat and Planet Scope images) were applied to glacial
KÁTIA K. DA ROSA +8 more
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Age of volcanism on Keller Peninsula and assessment of age-constrained volcanic activity on King George Island, West Antarctica [PDF]
Polish Polar Research, 2021 Studies of isotopic ages were conducted for rock samples of the Keller, Visca Anchorage and Domeyko Glacier formations. Together they form a part of the Martel Inlet Group, a terrestrial calc-alkaline volcanic and volcanoclastic suite and they crop out ...
Jerzy Nawrocki +2 more
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Trichocera maculipennis (Diptera)—an invasive species in Maritime Antarctica [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Antarctica, with its severe conditions, is poor in terrestrial fauna species. However, an increase in human presence together with climate change may cause an influx of non-native species. Here we report a significant increase in colonized area of one of
Marta Potocka, Ewa Krzemińska
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FROM SPACE TO EARTH: PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF GLACIER DYNAMICS IN THE MARINE SYSTEM BY MEANS OF REMOTE SENSING AT ALMIRANTAZGO BAY, ANTARCTICA [PDF]
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020 To determine the biological and physical mechanisms between Lange glacier and its pro-glacier marine system located in Almirantazgo bay, King George Island, Antarctica, specific variables were determined through remote sensing approaches shown in this ...
C. Cárdenas +7 more
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Silicon Isotopic Composition of Dry and Wet-Based Glaciers in Antarctica
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2020 Glaciers and ice sheets export significant amounts of silicon (Si) to downstream ecosystems, impacting local and potentially global biogeochemical cycles.
Jade E. Hatton +13 more
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Лëд и снег, 2015 The interstadial marine deposits stratum was described in the Fildes Peninsula (King George Island) due to field and laboratory investigations during 2008–2011. The stratum fragments occur in the west and north-west parts of peninsula in following forms:
S. R. Verkulich +5 more
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Data in Brief, 2019 Over the past few decades, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been analysed in various environmental compartments, however, only limited information is available associated with their terrestrial concentrations in Pakistan and Antarctica.
Siwatt Pongpiachan +10 more
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Glaciological Mass balance of Znosko Glacier, King George Island
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2023 The present article objective is to determine the net mass balance of the glacier Znosko for periods 2018-2019 and 2019-2020. It is situated on King George Island which belongs to the groups Shetland of the South, Antarctic Peninsula region.
WILSON SUAREZ +5 more
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