Proglacial icing: chemical characteristics and source of water at the Foxfonna glacier, Svalbard

• Main Authors: Elise Sapper, Sarah, Hodson, Andy J., Glade, Thomas
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Foxfonna; Svalbard; glacier; ice core; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/proglacial-icing-chemical-characteristics-and-source-of-water-at-the-foxfonna-glacier-svalbard(8fa03dd1-e4b7-42ab-a42f-753b8e811f5e).html; https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-262-2.pdf

Icings, also naledi or Aufeis, are extrusive ice bodies which form during winter when water emerges to the surface and freezes under sub-zero atmospheric temperatures. Proglacial icings are considered paraglacial processes and can be found in front of many glaciers, but especially in the Arctic. The...