Glacial sedimentation, fluxes and erosion rates associated with ice retreat in Petermann Fjord and Nares Strait, north-west Greenland

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Hogan, Kelly A., Jakobsson, Martin, Mayer, Larry, Reilly, Brendan T., Jennings, Anne E., Stoner, Joseph S., Nielsen, Tove, Andresen, Katrine J., Nørmark, Egon, Heirman, Katrien A., Kamla, Elina, Jerram, Kevin, Stranne, Christian, Mix, Alan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2020
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Greenland; Nares; Jakobshavn Isbræ; Kennedy Channel; Petermann Fjord; Hall Basin; Antarc*; glacier; Ice Sheet; Iceberg*; Jakobshavn; Jakobshavn isbræ; Kennedy channel; Nares strait; Petermann glacier; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-261-2020; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00050416; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00050027/tc-14-261-2020.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/14/261/2020/tc-14-261-2020.pdf

Petermann Fjord is a deep (>1000 m) fjord that incises the coastline of north-west Greenland and was carved by an expanded Petermann Glacier, one of the six largest outlet glaciers draining the modern Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS). Between 5 and 70 m of unconsolidated glacigenic material infills in...