Whiting 2013 Ice-Marginal and Proglacial Fluvial Characteristics of A High-Arctic Glacier, Linnébreen, Svalbard

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2013
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS; EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS; EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > DEGRADATION; EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES; EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > POSITIONING/NAVIGATION > GPS > GPS > GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PROBES > STEEL MEASURING TAPE; MANNED FIELD STATION; Arctic; Dammed Lake; Linnébreen; Linnéelva; Linnévatnet; Svalbard; glacier; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:d0d960d2-38cb-4fcc-8b04-d43297b3efb9

Abstract: Linnébreen, a 2 km2 high-arctic primarily cold-based polythermal glacier in a valley of Carboniferous sedimentary rocks and Proterozoic phyllite and schist in southwest Spitsbergen, has retreated approximately 208 m since 2004, and 1.5 km from its Little Ice Age maximum (LIAM) at around 19...