Late surge glacial conditions on Bakaninbreen, Svalbard and implications for surge termination

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Smith, A.M., Murray, T., Davison, B.M., Clough, A.F., Woodward, J., Jiskoot, H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2002
• Subjects: Bakaninbreen; Svalbard; glacier; Ice; permafrost; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/17441/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/17441/1/jgrb13036.pdf; http://www.agu.org/journals/jb/jb0208/2001JB000475/2001JB000475.pdf

Bakaninbreen is a polythermal glacier in southern Spitsbergen, Svalbard, that last surged between 1985 and 1995. Seismic reflection data were acquired during early quiescence in spring 1998, just upstream of the surge front. The results were combined with complementary ground-penetrating radar data...