Periodic Surface Features in Coastal East Antarctica.

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Beitragende

  • H. Anschütz - , Alfred Wegener Institute - Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (Autor:in)
  • O. Eisen - , Alfred Wegener Institute - Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, ETH Zurich (Autor:in)
  • W. Rack - , Alfred Wegener Institute - Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (Autor:in)
  • M. Scheinert - , Institut für Planetare Geodäsie (Autor:in)

Abstract

We found evidence for highly periodic dunes in a near-coastal area of Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. Analysis of accumulation patterns, derived from ground-penetrating radar (GPR) internal layering, and GPS-based characteristics of surface topography, by means of auto- and cross-covariance, indicate quasi-harmonic oscillations of surface undulations, surface slope, and accumulation. The dunes occur at an elevation range of 1000-1350 m with the dominant wavelength of 5 km and undulations of ~10 m. Accumulation and slope are anticorrelated at zero lag, with a mean annual accumulation of some 140 kg m-2 yr-1 and variations on the order of +/-100 kg m-2 yr-1. Our findings have implications for studies aiming at the mass balance of coastal areas in Antarctica.

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
AufsatznummerL22501
Seitenumfang5
FachzeitschriftGeophysical Research Letters
Jahrgang33
Ausgabenummer22
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 25 Nov. 2006
Peer-Review-StatusJa

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Scopus 34548596670
ORCID /0000-0002-0892-8941/work/142248870

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