Discovery of thermal springs in the Raudfjellet region, SW Spitsbergen

Two thermal springs were discovered in the Raudfjellet region in Spitsbergen. They had a total discharge of about 0.1 m3/sec and were found in metamorphic carbonate rocks on bare ground under the eastern part of Torellbreen. Water with temperatures between 12.3 and 6.5°C caused thermoerosive phenome...

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Published in:Polar Research
Main Authors: Migala, Krzysztof, Sobik, Mieczysław
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1982
Subjects:
Raudfjellet
Torellbreen
Ice Sheet
Polar Research
Spitsbergen
Online Access:https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2582
https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v1982i2.7008
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Summary:Two thermal springs were discovered in the Raudfjellet region in Spitsbergen. They had a total discharge of about 0.1 m3/sec and were found in metamorphic carbonate rocks on bare ground under the eastern part of Torellbreen. Water with temperatures between 12.3 and 6.5°C caused thermoerosive phenomena to take place at the end of the eastern Torellbreen snout and formed an ice sheet covering the ground after cooling and freezing.

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