Retarded deglaciation of north-Spitsbergen fjords during the last glacial – an example of bathymetric controls on the dynamics of retreating glaciers

• Main Authors: Forwick, Matthias, Vorren, Tore O., Hass, H. Christian, Vogt, Christoph
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geophysical Research Abstracts 2012
• Subjects: Austfjord*; Billefjorden; glacier; Svalbard; Wijdefjord*; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/32136/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.40785

North and west Spitsbergen fjords acted as pathways for fast-flowing ice streams during the last glacial (e.g. Ottesen et al., 2005). The deglaciation of west Spitsbergen fjords occurred stepwise and the ice retreat terminated around 11,200 cal. years BP (calendar years before the present; e.g. Forw...