C 14 dating ; Digital elevation model ; Geochronology ; Geomorphometry ; Glacial features ; Glaciation ; Moraine ; Palaeogeography ; Quaternary ; Scotland ; ShetlandIslands ; United Kingdom
By employing a landsystems approach, the AA. identify and describe 3 quite different assemblages of landscape features across the main islands of Mainland, Yell and Unst. Using the spatial interrelationship of these landsystems, an assessment
of their constituent elements, and comparisons with similar features in other glaciated environments, the AA. propose a simple model for the last glaciation of Shetland.
New geographical and historical information from Lucas Janz Waghenaer's Faroe-chart
Cartography;Mapping ; Coastal dynamics ; FaroeIslands ; Historical cartography;Historic mapping ; History of cartography ; Island ; Marine chart ; Place names ; Seventeenth Century
Variability of the South ShetlandIslands geoecosystem
Action anthropique ; Biodiversité ; Changement global ; Ecosystème ; Faune marine ; Géosystème ; Royaume-Uni ; Région polaire ; ShetlandIslands ; Température de l'air ; Température de l'eau ; Variabilité interannuelle
Air temperature ; Biodiversity ; Ecosystem ; Geosystem ; Global change ; Human impact ; Interannual variability ; Marine fauna ; Polar region ; ShetlandIslands ; United Kingdom ; Water temperature
directional changes and anthropogenic changes. Polish multidisciplinary research concerning the physical, chemical and biological processes in the region of Admiralty Bay (King George Island, South ShetlandIslands) demonstrates such variability.
This paper focuses upon the currently visible manifestations of past peat-cutting activities across a hillslide in the FaroeIslands and offers a general description of the resultant peatscape. In addition, it also outlines the misapprehensions
Vorkommen und Entstehung von tri-oktaedrischen Smektiten in den Basalten und Boden der Konig-Georg-Insel (S-Shetlands/West-Antarktis) (Occurrence et genèse d'une smectite tri-octoédrique dans les basaltes et les sols de King George Island (S
-Shetlands/Antarctique ouest))
Antarctique ; Argile ; Basalte ; Géographie des régions polaires ; Smectite ; Sol ; South ShetlandIslands ; Volcanisme
Both the olivine bearing tholeiite basalts of the island and the brown soils which have developed on the basalts contain 2-20 % of a Mg-rich, Fe2+ and Al-bearing tri-octahedral smectite, e. g. Mg-saponite. Due to petrographic and crystal chemical
Beobachtungen zur Verwitterung an vulkanischen Festgesteinen von King - George - Island (S - Shetlands/W - Antarktis) in Geomorphologie der Periglazialgebiete. (Observations sur l'érosion des roches volcaniques de l'Ile du Roi George (Shetlands sud
Antarctique ; Géographie physique ; King George Island ; Microscopie électronique ; Météorisation ; Pédogenèse ; Périglaciaire ; Roche volcanique ; South ShetlandIslands
Advance of the outlet glaciers during regional warming as inferred from Late Holocene massive diamicton in the King George Island fjords, the South ShetlandIslands, West Antarctica
La cartographie géomorphologique de Unst, l'île la plus septentrionale des Shetland, met en évidence à la fois une originalité morphostructurale et des caractéristiques morphogéniques qui ont valeur générale pour l'ensemble de l'archipel.
Economic structure ; Economy ; Fishery ; Fishing ; Fishing resources ; Oil industry ; Rational use ; ShetlandIslands ; Sustainable development ; United Kingdom
As well as the development of oil from the 1970s there has been the other major economic innovation of fish farming. The direct employment provided by the oil industry is exceeded by the fish-related industries. The islands have now to look more
to fish-related employment for their future. Fish farming has a notable effect in distributing employment throughout the islands. Fish processing is mainly in central locations.
Rock glaciers in the South ShetlandIslands, Western Antarctica
This paper analyzes the results of an inventory of rock glaciers and protalus lobes in the South ShetlandIslands. The work is based on aerial photo-interpretation, field recognition and measurements, and estimations of volumes, debris transport
Islands and oil - locality and structure. The consequences of larger oil investments in two local communities, Shetland in Great Britain and Øygarden in Norway
Atlantique ; Collectivité locale ; Economie locale ; Identité culturelle ; Ile ; Industrie pétrolière ; Investissement ; Mer du Nord ; Pouvoir local ; Pétrole ; ShetlandIslands ; Øygarden
Atlantic Ocean ; Cultural identity ; Investment ; Island ; Local authority ; Local economy ; Local government ; North Sea ; Oil ; Oil industry ; ShetlandIslands
Classification of debris flow phenomena in the FaroeIslands
Classification ; Cold area ; Debris flow ; Faeroe Islands ; Mass movement ; Slope ; Slope dynamics ; Terminology
As a contribution to ongoing landslide risk management research, this paper proposes a classification scheme for debris flow phenomena in the FaroeIslands. The scheme, produced through a multidisciplinary study involving geomorphological fieldwork
flow phenomena and promotes a consistent terminology of these within the FaroeIslands.
and qualitative collection of indigenous landslide knowledge, presents physical characteristics to classify debris flow phenomena into groups named with Faroese terms. The following landslide groups and definitions are proposed : Brekku-skriðulop (English
[b2] Jarðfeingi (Faroese Earth and Energy Directorate), Tórshavn, Feroe, Iles
Periglaciális lejtös tömegmozgások vizsgálata a King George-szigeten (Déli Shetland-szigetek, Nyugat-Antarktisz)
Mouvements de masse périglaciaires dans l'île de King George (Iles du Shetland du sud, Antarctique ouest)
Antarctique ; Glacier ; Géomorphologie périglaciaire ; Ile ; Mouvement de masse ; Périglaciaire ; South ShetlandIslands ; Zone froide
Antarctica ; Cold area ; Glacier ; Island ; Mass movement ; Periglacial features ; Periglacial geomorphology
This paper presents the results of a fieldwork and the subsequent laboratory analysis of collected samples on the King George Island. As participant of the 22nd Polish Antarctic Expedition one of the authors studied the process of mass movements
on two samples areas. Mass movement is the most important process of the geomorphologic evolution on the glacier free surfaces (oases) on the Antarctic islands. - (JS)
L'étude des replats littoraux des Shetland a permis de les ranger dans la famille des strandflats. Ils résultent d'aplanissements vraisemblablement quaternaires retouchés par la mer. La glace les a ensuite réaménagés. Il est difficile par contre
Language, overseas research and a stack of problems in the FaroeIslands
Faeroe Islands ; Human impact ; Island ; Landscape ; Landscape analysis ; Peat
A study in the FaroeIslands resulted in an initial interpretation of landscape history which subsequent examination showed to be flawed. Difficulties were generated by a combination of working across several languages and the problems arising from
Temperature as an environmental factor in the Arctowski Station Area (King George Island, South ShetlandsIslands)
Années 1980 ; Années 1990 ; Antarctique ; Arctowski ; South ShetlandIslands ; Température ; Température de l'air ; Température de l'eau ; Température du sol
Data on the temperature of the air and bodies of water, as well as soil at depths 5-100 cm were collected in the vicinity of the Polish Arctowski Station on King George Island in the years 1979-1998. The temperature data for the soil surface layer