Glacial sedimentation, fluxes and erosion rates associated with ice retreat in Petermann Fjord and Nares Strait, NW Greenland

• Main Authors: Hogan, Kelly A., Jakobsson, Martin, Mayer, Larry, Reilly, Brendan, Jennings, Anne, Mix, Alan, Nielsen, Tove, Andresen, Katrine J., Nørmark, Egon, Heirmann, Katrien A., Kamla, Elina, Jerram, Kevin, Stranne, Christian
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Greenland; Hall Basin; Kennedy Channel; Nares; Petermann Fjord; Antarc*; glacier; Ice Sheet; Iceberg*; Jakobshavn; Kennedy channel; Nares strait; Petermann glacier
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2019-171; https://www.the-cryosphere-discuss.net/tc-2019-171/

Petermann Fjord is a deep (> 1000 m) fjord that incises the coastline of northwest Greenland and was carved by an expanded Petermann Glacier, one of the six largest outlet glaciers draining the modern Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS). Between 5–70 m of unconsolidated glacigenic material infills in the...