Glaciomarine Oceanographic and Suspended Sediment Dynamics, Kongsbreen system, Svalbard

• Main Author: Marshburn, Hannah
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Kongsfjord; glacial marine; fjord; sediment; Kongsbreen; Kongsvegen; Kronebreen; Reu; Svalbard; glacier; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; Tidewater
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10166/1062

Quantifying estuarine circulation and the resulting sediment dynamics of tidewater glaciers is crucial to developing an understanding of these dynamic systems, and their response to climate and sea level change. This study characterizes oceanographic conditions and suspended sediment loads resulting...