Terrestrial glacial geomorphology of surge-type and non-surge-type glaciers on Svalbard ...

• Main Authors: McCerery, Rebecca, Davies, Bethan Joan, Lovell, Harold, Pearce, David Anthony, Calvo-Ryan, Rosalia, Małecki, Jakub, Woodward, John
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2024
• Subjects: Space Science; Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified; Medicine; Physiology; FOS Biological sciences; Ecology; Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified; Sociology; FOS Sociology; Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Cancer; Billefjorden; glacier; Isfjord*; Isfjorden; Svalbard; Van Mijenfjorden; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.26108007; https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Terrestrial_glacial_geomorphology_of_surge-type_and_non-surge-type_glaciers_on_Svalbard/26108007

This paper presents a map of terrestrial glacial geomorphology of eleven surge-type and non-surge-type glacier forefields in southwest and west Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Glacier forefields were mapped using a combination of field surveys and the use of an uncrewed airborne vehicle in September 2022 and satellite imagery captured in 2020, with mapping performed in ArcGIS Pro at a 1:5000 scale. Maps were constructed for glaciers in Van Kuelenfjorden and Van Mijenfjorden (southwest Spitsbergen), and in Isfjorden, Billefjorden a fjord branch of Isfjorden and St. Jonsfjorden (west Spitsbergen), to obtain a breadth of glacier types and features representative of glacial landsystems on Svalbard. The detailed landform inventory was divided into: (i) ice marginal, (ii) subglacial, (iii) glaciofluvial and glaciolacustrine, (iv) supraglacial and (v) other non-glacial and contemporary features. These detailed maps provide a geomorphological insight into the past and present characteristics of glaciers on Svalbard. ...