Submarine geomorphology at the front of the retreating Hansbreen tidewater glacier, Hornsund fjord, southwest Spitsbergen

• Published in: Journal of Maps
• Main Authors: Ćwiąkała, Joanna, Moskalik, Mateusz, Forwick, Matthias, Wojtysiak, Kacper, Giżejewski, Jerzy, Szczuciński, Witold
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Online 2018
• Subjects: Spitsbergen; fjord; tidewater glacier; non-surge-type glacier; submarine landforms; Arctic; Hansbreen; Hornsund; Isbjørnhamna; Norway; Svalbard; glacier; Iceberg*; Tidewater
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10593/23594; https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2018.1441757

A 1:10,000 scale bathymetric map as well as 1:20,000 scale backscattering and geomorphological maps of two bays Isbjørnhamna and Hansbukta in the Hornsund fjord (Spitsbergen) present the submarine relief that was primarily formed during and after the retreat of the Hansbreen tidewater glacier. Geomo...