Holocene glacial evolution of Mohnbukta in eastern Spitsbergen

• Published in: Boreas
• Main Authors: Flink, Anne E., Hill, Peter, Noormets, Riko, Kirchner, Nina
• Other Authors: Norges Forskningsråd, Stockholms Universitet
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Svalbard; Moraine Ridge; Mohnbukta; Hayesbreen; Heuglinbreen; Königsbergbreen; glacier; Tidewater; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bor.12277; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fbor.12277; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/bor.12277

Submarine geomorphology is one of the main tools for understanding past fluctuations of tidewater glaciers. In this study we investigate the glacial history of Mohnbukta, on the east coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, by combining multibeam‐bathymetric data, marine sediment cores and remote sensing dat...