Geomorphic Changes of the Scott River Alluvial Fan in Relation to a Four-Day Flood Event

• Published in: Water
• Main Author: Waldemar Kociuba
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2023
• Subjects: repeated TLS surveys; DEM of Difference (DoD); proglacial gravel-bed river; alluvial fan; geomorphic changes; Svalbard; Hydraulic engineering; TC1-978; Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes; TD201-500; Scott River; glacier; Scott Glacier
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/w15071368; https://doaj.org/article/a997aaca5b5a4e91ae0e4f07477e7ff4

A four-day glacier-melt flood (13–16 August 2013) caused abrupt geomorphic changes in the proglacial gravel-bed Scott River, which drains the small (10 km 2 ) Scott Glacier catchment (SW Svalbard). This type of flood occurs on Svalbard increasingly during periods of abnormally warm or rainy weather...