Glacimarine Sedimentation Processes at Kronebreen and Kongsvegen, Svalbard

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Kehrl, Laura M, Hawley, Robert L, Powell, Ross D, Brigham-Grette, Julie
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Dartmouth Digital Commons 2011
• Subjects: polar region; gravity flows; fjords; bathymetric maps; sedimentation rate; glaciomarine sedimentation; stability; tidewater glaciers; glacier terminus; svalbard; polar regions; arctic region; fjord; glacier tidal; Earth Sciences; Glaciology; Physical Sciences and Mathematics; Arctic; Kongsvegen; Kronebreen; Svalbard; glacier; Iceberg*; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/2743; https://doi.org/10.3189/002214311798043708; https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/context/facoa/article/3757/viewcontent/glacimarine_sedimentation_processes_at_kronebreen_and_kongsvegen_svalbard.pdf

Tidewater glaciers deposit sediment at their terminus, thereby reducing the relative water depth. Reduced water depth can lead to increased glacier stability through decreased rates of iceberg calving, glacier thinning and submarine melting. Here we investigate sedimentation processes at the termini...