Morphology and surficial sediments of the Waldemar River confined outwash fan (Kaffiøyra, Svalbard)
Abstract The development and evolution of confined outwash fans in high Arctic regions depend on the rate of meltwater discharge, which is directly related to the glacier ablation rate, in turnassociated with climate conditions. Other factors controlling outwash fan morphology (e.g. depth and width...
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crdegruyter:10.1515/bgeo-2017-0014 2023-05-15T14:55:19+02:00 Morphology and surficial sediments of the Waldemar River confined outwash fan (Kaffiøyra, Svalbard) Weckwerth, Piotr Greń, Katarzyna Sobota, Ireneusz 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bgeo-2017-0014 http://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/bgeo/13/1/article-p61.xml https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.1515/bgeo-2017-0014 en eng Walter de Gruyter GmbH http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 CC-BY-NC-ND Bulletin of Geography. Physical Geography Series volume 13, issue 1, page 61-70 ISSN 2300-8490 Geophysics Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2017 crdegruyter https://doi.org/10.1515/bgeo-2017-0014 2022-04-14T05:10:13Z Abstract The development and evolution of confined outwash fans in high Arctic regions depend on the rate of meltwater discharge, which is directly related to the glacier ablation rate, in turnassociated with climate conditions. Other factors controlling outwash fan morphology (e.g. depth and width of distributive channels) are processes of fluvial erosion, and the transport and deposition of sediments. These factors have not previously been considered together in relation to the evolution of the confined outwash fans which are commonly incised into the top of permafrost in the forefields of subpolar glaciers and in mountains in high Arctic regions. Morphology and surficial sediments of a confined outwash fan of the Waldemar River (NW Spitsbergen, Svalbard) were analysed on the basis of geomorphological and sedimentological studies. The results of our investigations show multiple relations between the depth and width of distributary channels, fan slope and textural features of glaciofluvial surficial sediments supplied into the fluvial system from the glacier and from lateral fluvial erosion of permafrost Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic glacier permafrost Svalbard Spitsbergen De Gruyter (via Crossref) Arctic Svalbard Kaffiøyra ENVELOPE(12.002,12.002,78.627,78.627) Bulletin of Geography. Physical Geography Series 13 1 61 70 |
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Abstract The development and evolution of confined outwash fans in high Arctic regions depend on the rate of meltwater discharge, which is directly related to the glacier ablation rate, in turnassociated with climate conditions. Other factors controlling outwash fan morphology (e.g. depth and width of distributive channels) are processes of fluvial erosion, and the transport and deposition of sediments. These factors have not previously been considered together in relation to the evolution of the confined outwash fans which are commonly incised into the top of permafrost in the forefields of subpolar glaciers and in mountains in high Arctic regions. Morphology and surficial sediments of a confined outwash fan of the Waldemar River (NW Spitsbergen, Svalbard) were analysed on the basis of geomorphological and sedimentological studies. The results of our investigations show multiple relations between the depth and width of distributary channels, fan slope and textural features of glaciofluvial surficial sediments supplied into the fluvial system from the glacier and from lateral fluvial erosion of permafrost |
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Weckwerth, Piotr Greń, Katarzyna Sobota, Ireneusz |
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Weckwerth, Piotr Greń, Katarzyna Sobota, Ireneusz |
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Morphology and surficial sediments of the Waldemar River confined outwash fan (Kaffiøyra, Svalbard) |
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Morphology and surficial sediments of the Waldemar River confined outwash fan (Kaffiøyra, Svalbard) |
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Morphology and surficial sediments of the Waldemar River confined outwash fan (Kaffiøyra, Svalbard) |
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Morphology and surficial sediments of the Waldemar River confined outwash fan (Kaffiøyra, Svalbard) |
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Morphology and surficial sediments of the Waldemar River confined outwash fan (Kaffiøyra, Svalbard) |
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morphology and surficial sediments of the waldemar river confined outwash fan (kaffiøyra, svalbard) |
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