Late Holocene Sedimentation and Environmental Change Record in Billefjorden, Svalbard

• Main Author: Szczuciński, Witold
• Other Authors: Lorenc, Stanisław
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Spitsbergen; Svalbard; Billefjorden; Petuniabukta; Adolfsbukta; Nordenskioldbreen; Fjord; Sediments; Marine sediments; Fjord sediments; Sediment geochemistry; Arctic; Pyramiden; Sedimentation; Glacimarine sedimentation; Meltwater river; Glacial bay; Glaciers; Glaciomarine; Sediment provenance; Sediment traps; Sedimentation rate; Sediment accumulation rate; Flocculation; Hydrography; Oceanography; particulate matter flux; seasonal changes; suspended sediment; suspended particulate matter; sediment cores; Holocene; dating; radiocarbon; 210Pb; 137Cs; accumulation rate; ice rafted debris; coal; anthropogenic impact; environmental changes; XRD; tidewater glacier; tidal flat; sedimentary record; mud; grain size; REE; lead-210; caesium-137; Adolfbukta; Mimerbukta; Central Basin; glacier; Iceberg*; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10593/27355; https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.18687.38564

The Late Holocene sedimentation in Billefjorden (Svalbard) was studied through investigations of modern sedimentation conditions and their effects recorded in sediments. Sedimentation in the fjord is dominated by settling from surface turbid water plumes originating from rivers and subglacial outflo...