Spatial Distribution of the Input of Insoluble Particles Into the Surface of the Qaanaaq Glacier, Northwestern Greenland

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Matoba, Sumito, Hazuki, Ryo, Kurosaki, Yutaka, Aoki, Teruo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2020
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Greenland; Qaanaaq; glacier; Ice cap
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.542557; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2020.542557/full

From glaciological observations, we found spatial variation in the input of insoluble particles (ISP) on a glacier surface from atmospheric deposition and outcropping at the surface of the glacier by surface ablation at the ablation area of the Qaanaaq Ice Cap in northwestern Greenland. Possible sou...