The reconstruction of glacier and ice-sheet dynamics over complete glacial cycles (paleoglaciology) can be facilitated by basin-wide assessments of glacial sediment and landform distributions, informed by modern glacial landsystem analogs.
Using contingency tables and principal components analysis the overall influence of topography and landform on vegetation distribution was analysed.
Results show that 63% of the entire study area is occupied by thermokarst landforms and that the distribution of thermokarst landforms and overall landscape complexity varies markedly with surficial geology.
In one direction, geomorphic processes and landforms shape the distribution of biota.
The main pedological, geomorphological and cryogenic features of Keller Peninsula, part of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Maritime Antarctica, were mapped and quantified with emphasis on the relationship between the ice retreat process, melt-out, landform development and soil distribution.
They are, therefore, indirectly formed as a result of the distribution of landforms, redistribution of snow, and drainage conditions.
Classical geomorphological maps are representations of the spatial distribution of landforms, materials and of the processes responsible for their formation, in a single paper map.
The spatial variability in the distribution of landforms across the landscape in both study areas is mostly attributed to differences in lithological properties of the bedrock.
In order to model soil erosion by water, the spatial distribution of landforms due to rill interrill and gully erosion was mapped and 12 environmental variables were selected as predictors.
The simulations show that hedges modify soil distribution and landforms by favouring deposition in the uphill position and soil erosion in the downhill position in agreement with field observations.
