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Data on geomorphology, soils and permafrost in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Entry ID: CNDP-ESP_GEOANT-UAM_Geomorphology-Soils-Permafrost

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Summary

Abstract: In English:

Data on geomorphology, soils and permafrost in the Antarctic Peninsula region from projects of the research group on geology of the University Autonoma of Madrid (GEOANT).
General geomorphology, relief evolution and landforms distribution studies, with special attention to periglacial landforms and permafrost.
Soil profiles studies (grain size, geochemistry, ...).

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: -60.5	S: -67.6	E: -44.3	W: -68.1
Min Altitude: 0 Max Altitude: 1000
Min Depth: 0 Max Depth: 0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1997-06-01

Stop Date: 1997-06-30

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Framnes Mountains

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > BOUNDARIES

ISO Topic Category

BOUNDARIES

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Quality Please see URL link ('Project summary information regarding Framnes Mountains satellite image map'). Data source: Two SPOT XS scenes (246-490, 246-491), both acquired 13 March 1988, and two Landsat TM scenes (135-108, 137-107), acquired 14 Novemeber 1989 and 21 January 1992 respectively. Projection and Grid: Transverse Mercator, grid zone 41. Co-ordinates: Geographical and UTM. Horizontal datum: World Geodetic System 1984. Magnetic Variation: 65.3 degrees west in February 1997, and moves westerly by about 0.1 degrees each year. Nomenclature: Names have been approved by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia.

Access Constraints Contact the Australian Antarctic Data Centre.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=framnes_sat when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

Satellite Image Map

Framnes Mountains

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia