Evidence for seasonal subglacial outburst events at a polythermal-based glacier, Finsterwalderbreen, Svalbard

• Main Authors: Jemma Wadham, Richard Hodgkins, Richard Cooper, Martyn Tranter
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified; untagged; Finsterwalderbreen; Long Rock; Svalbard; glacier
• Online Access: https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Evidence_for_seasonal_subglacial_outburst_events_at_a_polythermal-based_glacier_Finsterwalderbreen_Svalbard/9485072

Bulk runoff and meteorological data suggest the occurrence of two meltwater outburst events at Finsterwalderbreen, Svalbard, during the 1995 and 1999 melt seasons. Increased bulk meltwater concentrations of Cl during the outbursts indicate the release of snowmelt from storage. Bulk meltwater hydroch...