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Ice in the earth system: the view from above
1 January, 2001
The cryosphere is a key component of the Earth system, with important linkages and feedbacks affecting the radiative balance of the planet, the circulation of the oceans and atmosphere, global…Lithofacies Architecture and Construction of Volcanoes Erupted in Englacial Lakes: Icefall Nunatak, Mount Murphy, Eastern Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
1 January, 2001
Mount Murphy is a large Miocene shield volcano flanked by several small basaltic satellite centres that were erupted beneath a thick (> 200 m) ice sheet. Three empirical models illustrating…A review of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica: hypotheses of instability vs. observations of change
1 January, 2001 by Adrian Jenkins, Andy Smith, David Vaughan, Hugh Corr
The Pine Island Glacier ice-drainage basin has been cited as the part of the West Antarctic ice sheet most prone to substantial retreat on human time-scales. Here we review the…The role of habitat structure for biomolecule integrity and microbial survival under extreme environmental stress in Antarctica (and Mars?): ecology and technology
1 January, 2001
The integrity of cells and biomolecules in stressed environments is enhanced within microhabitats. Despite desiccation and low temperatures in Antarctic deserts, the greatest near-surface factor is solar radiation. Photosynthetic microbial…Antarctic digital database, version 3.0. Database, manual and bibliography
1 July, 2000
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Krill: biology, ecology and fisheries
1 January, 2000
Krill, or euphausiids, a group of immense importance in marine ecosystems, comprises over 80 species, most of which are planktonic. Krill are widespread with species to be found in all…Intrinsic and extrinsic controls on the diversification of the Bivalvia
1 January, 2000 by Alistair Crame
At the present day the Class Bivalvia comprises some 8000 species, sub-divided into approximately 700 genera, 107 families, and 41 superfamilies (Morton, 1996, and references therein). It represents one of…Read more on Intrinsic and extrinsic controls on the diversification of the Bivalvia
The nature and origin of taxonomic diversity gradients in marine bivalves
1 January, 2000 by Alistair Crame
Bivalves have been fundamental in developing the understanding of large-scale biodiversity patterns in the marine realm. A new study based on 29 regional bivalve faunas indicates that both latitudinal and…Read more on The nature and origin of taxonomic diversity gradients in marine bivalves
Use of a viscous model of till rheology to describe gravitational loading instabilities in glacial sediments
1 January, 2000 by Richard Hindmarsh, Richard Hindmarsh
This paper models the operation of loading (Rayleigh-Taylor) instabilities in sediments using an effective-pressure-dependent viscosity such has been used to model the deformation of sediment beneath glaciers. A particular feature…Temperature adaptations of terrestrial arthropods of the Yenisey Region of Siberia (Asian Ecological Transect)
1 January, 2000 by William Block
Field studies and sampling of terrestrial invertebrates for ecophysiological experiments were undertaken in the summer of 1994 and 1995 in different geographic regions of the Asian Transect (Krasnoyarsk to Karaul)…Improved air-mass factors for ground-based total NO2 measurements: a sensitivity study
1 January, 2000 by Howard Roscoe
We present an overview of exisiting problems in air-mass factor calculations for NO2 vertical column measurements by UV-visible ground-based spectrometry, Sensitivity studies made using different radiative transfer models allow us…Read more on Improved air-mass factors for ground-based total NO2 measurements: a sensitivity study
Performance of rip-rap shore protection (1992-1998) Rothera Station, Antarctica
1 January, 2000
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) maintains a research and support station on Rothera Point (67 degrees 34'S, 68 degrees 08'W), located on the southeastern side of Adelaide Island, about 15…Read more on Performance of rip-rap shore protection (1992-1998) Rothera Station, Antarctica
VLF, magnetic and Pi2 substorm signatures
1 January, 2000 by Mervyn Freeman
We carried out a superposed epoch analysis, using a database of substorm chorus events observed at Halley, Antarctica, within an hour of magnetic midnight, to define a set of 123…Plants of extreme habitats in Antarctica
1 January, 2000
An account is given of phanerogams and cryptogams(bryophytes and lichens) growing in extreme habitats in Antarctica. These include high altitude and far southern sites, geothermal sites in volcanic areas, and…Renormalization-group study of a sandpile (FSOC)analog for magnetospheric activity
1 January, 2000
It has been suggested that the dynamics of the magnetotail may exhibit forced and/or self-organized critical behaviour. Recent analysis of experimental data seem to be in concert with this idea.…Read more on Renormalization-group study of a sandpile (FSOC)analog for magnetospheric activity
A surface acoustic wave frost-point hygrometer for measurements of stratospheric water vapour
1 January, 2000 by Howard Roscoe
Conventional frost-point hygrometers observe frost on their cold point by optical means [1,2,3], thereby requiring several micrometres of ice to form. We have developed a new hygrometer which uses surface…History of the atmosphere from ice cores
1 January, 2000 by Eric Wolff
Ice cores are an excellent way of finding out how the atmosphere has changed because climate signals and many forcing factors for climate are present in the same core. Their…Cyanobacteria in deserts — life at the limit?
1 January, 2000
Cyanobacteria are primitive phototrophic prokaryotes whose long evolutionary history dates back to the Proterozoic era. Their ubiquity on the planet and dominance in hot and cold deserts is a measure…Lichens at the limits of life: past perspectives and modern technology
1 January, 2000
Lichens are found at the limits of polar life in the Antarctic Dry Valleys under extreme conditions of UVB radiation, desiccation and low temperature. They may even have evolved in…Read more on Lichens at the limits of life: past perspectives and modern technology
Falkland Plateau evolution and a mobile southernmost South America
1 January, 1999
Assessment of southwest Gondwana break-up and its implications for regional hydrocarbon prospectivity must now take into account the origin of the southeast margin of the Falkland Islands as a volcanic…Read more on Falkland Plateau evolution and a mobile southernmost South America
Compact aggregation and life-history strategy in a continental Antarctic mite
1 January, 1999 by Peter Convey
The continental Antarctic oribatid mite, Maudheimia wilsoni Dalenius, is often found in compact multi-instar aggregations, under stones. These aggregations may persist for several years. Relative abundances of the four juvenile…Read more on Compact aggregation and life-history strategy in a continental Antarctic mite
Antarctic digital database, version 2.0. Manual and bibliography
1 July, 1998
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Squid recruitment dynamics. The genus Illex as a model. The commercial Illex species. Influences on variability
1 January, 1998 by Paul Rodhouse
Squid are among the fastest-growing short-lived commercial species and, as opposed to most finfish resources worldwide, their contribution to the total world fish production has been increasing at a high…Development of kinematic partitioning within a pure-shear dominated dextral transpression zone: the southern Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica
1 January, 1998
The Heritage Range of the southern Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica, is composed of Cambrian to Permian sedimentary and volcanic rocks, which were deformed during the Permo-Triassic Gondwanian orogeny. The structural…A comparison of adaptive radiations of Antarctic fish with those of nonAntarctic fish
1 January, 1998 by Andrew Clarke
Antarctic biologists frequently emphasize the differences between the modern Antarctic environment and its fauna, and aquatic habitats and faunas elsewhere in the world. While it is valid to portray Antarctica…Read more on A comparison of adaptive radiations of Antarctic fish with those of nonAntarctic fish