An advancing glacier in a recessive ice regime: Berlingske Bræ, North-West Greenland
Greenland is receiving unprecedented international attention, both in scientific and political circles. Characterised by a central ice sheet up to 3.4 km thick (Inland Ice), numerous ice caps and hundreds of outlet glaciers debouching into the surrounding oceans, Greenland supports the second larges...
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ftjgeusbullet:oai:geusjournals.org:article/4986 2023-05-15T16:01:06+02:00 An advancing glacier in a recessive ice regime: Berlingske Bræ, North-West Greenland Dawes, Peter R. van As, Dirk 2010-07-07 application/pdf https://geusbulletin.org/index.php/geusb/article/view/4986 https://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v20.4986 eng eng Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) https://geusbulletin.org/index.php/geusb/article/view/4986/10648 https://geusbulletin.org/index.php/geusb/article/view/4986 doi:10.34194/geusb.v20.4986 GEUS Bulletin; Vol. 20 (2010): Review of Survey activities 2009; 79-82 2597-2154 2597-2162 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Rapid Communication. Peer-reviewed Article. 2010 ftjgeusbullet https://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v20.4986 2022-03-15T17:22:23Z Greenland is receiving unprecedented international attention, both in scientific and political circles. Characterised by a central ice sheet up to 3.4 km thick (Inland Ice), numerous ice caps and hundreds of outlet glaciers debouching into the surrounding oceans, Greenland supports the second largest ice mass in the world. Analysis of glacier movements, melt rates and ice loss to the sea, provide data with which to assess mass balance changes and thereby predict global sealevel rise. Thus Greenland plays a central role in the current worldwide debate on climate change. Present-day dynamic ice loss is invariably advertised by the fast moving glaciers of western Greenland with their spectacular calf ice production, such as the ice streams around Disko Bugt reviewed by Weidick & Bennike (2007). This tends to overshadow ice stability and expansion seen in the form of stationary and advancing glaciers elsewhere in Greenland (MODIS 2009). While the seawards acceleration of glacier flow and retreat in frontal positions can be readily attributed to a shift in atmospheric and oceanic conditions (global warming), the same explanation can hardly be used for glaciers with contrasting movement histories. Article in Journal/Newspaper Disko bugt glacier Greenland Ice Sheet GEUS Bulletin (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland) Greenland Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) Bulletin 20 79 82 |
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Greenland is receiving unprecedented international attention, both in scientific and political circles. Characterised by a central ice sheet up to 3.4 km thick (Inland Ice), numerous ice caps and hundreds of outlet glaciers debouching into the surrounding oceans, Greenland supports the second largest ice mass in the world. Analysis of glacier movements, melt rates and ice loss to the sea, provide data with which to assess mass balance changes and thereby predict global sealevel rise. Thus Greenland plays a central role in the current worldwide debate on climate change. Present-day dynamic ice loss is invariably advertised by the fast moving glaciers of western Greenland with their spectacular calf ice production, such as the ice streams around Disko Bugt reviewed by Weidick & Bennike (2007). This tends to overshadow ice stability and expansion seen in the form of stationary and advancing glaciers elsewhere in Greenland (MODIS 2009). While the seawards acceleration of glacier flow and retreat in frontal positions can be readily attributed to a shift in atmospheric and oceanic conditions (global warming), the same explanation can hardly be used for glaciers with contrasting movement histories. |
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Dawes, Peter R. van As, Dirk An advancing glacier in a recessive ice regime: Berlingske Bræ, North-West Greenland |
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An advancing glacier in a recessive ice regime: Berlingske Bræ, North-West Greenland |
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An advancing glacier in a recessive ice regime: Berlingske Bræ, North-West Greenland |
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An advancing glacier in a recessive ice regime: Berlingske Bræ, North-West Greenland |
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An advancing glacier in a recessive ice regime: Berlingske Bræ, North-West Greenland |
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An advancing glacier in a recessive ice regime: Berlingske Bræ, North-West Greenland |
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advancing glacier in a recessive ice regime: berlingske bræ, north-west greenland |
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