Modeling the Controls on the Front Position of a Tidewater Glacier in Svalbard

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Jaime Otero, Francisco J. Navarro, Javier J. Lapazaran, Ethan Welty, Darek Puczko, Roman Finkelnburg
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
• Subjects: tidewater glacier; Hansbreen; Svalbard; calving; terminus position; modeling; Science; Q; glacier; Ice Sheet; Tidewater; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2017.00029; https://doaj.org/article/dbc8055cd9f045bbaf2bc2e881d5d808

Calving is an important mass-loss process at ice sheet and marine-terminating glacier margins, but identifying and quantifying its principal driving mechanisms remains challenging. Hansbreen is a grounded tidewater glacier in southern Spitsbergen, Svalbard, with a rich history of field and remote se...