Modelling the late Holocene and future evolution of Monacobreen, northern Spitsbergen

Monacobreen is a 40 km long surge-type tidewater glacier in northern Spitsbergen. During 1991–1997 Monacobreen surged and advanced by about 2 km, but the front did not reach the maximum Little Ice Age (LIA) stand. Since 1997 the glacier front is retreating at a fast rate ( ∼125 m a −1 ). The questio...

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Published in:The Cryosphere
Main Author: Oerlemans, Johannes
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Ela
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3001-2018
https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/12/3001/2018/