Assessment of physical weathering in bedrock areas at the Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica: Towards a classification of the current weathering grade in polar areas

The Antarctic Peninsula is one of the world's most rapidly warming regions; over the last hundred years, glaciers have retreated, exposing new rocky areas to physical weathering. In its northernmost part, the Trinity Peninsula, physical weathering processes on exposed bedrock between west and east coasts may not be at the same weathering stage as surface temperature conditions are assumed historically different.