Disminución del espesor del casquete glaciar de la isla Livingston

• Autores: J. Calvet, Josep Maria Casas, J. Corbera, J. E. Enrique, C. Fernández de Gamboa, G. Furdada, V. Palà Comellas, Raimon Pallàs i Serra, Joan Manuel Vilaplana Fernández, Laia Ximenis i Llussà
• Localización: Geogaceta, ISSN 0213-683X, Nº. 24, 1998, págs. 63-66
• Idioma: español
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  • New evidences support that areal retreat of Livingston Island ice-cap (South Shetland Islands) since 1956, is accompanied by a marked ice thinning. Field observations, aerial photographic measures, topographic profiles and elevations measured by electronic geodimeter have been performed in several localities and indicate a 15 to 20 m thinning. Data collected in the last three years suggest that thinning rate may be slightly increasing