The role of rapid glacier retreat and landscape transformation in controlling the post‐ Little Ice Age evolution of paraglacial coasts in central Spitsbergen ( Billefjorden, Svalbard)

• Published in: Land Degradation & Development
• Main Authors: Strzelecki, Mateusz C., Long, Antony J., Lloyd, Jeremy M., Małecki, Jakub, Zagórski, Piotr, Pawłowski, Łukasz, Jaskólski, Marek W.
• Other Authors: Narodowe Centrum Nauki
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Billefjorden; Ferdinandbreen; Petuniabukta; Svalbard; glacier; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ldr.2923; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fldr.2923; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ldr.2923

Abstract In Svalbard, the rapid glacier retreat observed since the end of the Little Ice Age (LIA) has transformed the geomorphology and sediment budgets of glacial forelands, river valleys, and slope systems. To date, relatively little information exists regarding the impact of such a profound glac...