Glacier surges and landforms in a permafrost environment at the tidewater glacier Paulabreen, inner Van Mijenfjorden, Svalbard

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Author: Kristensen, Lene
• Other Authors: Hanne H Christiansen
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: landskapsformer permafrost glasiologi isbreer breer morener Svalbard Van Mijenfjorden Paulabreen Skobreen Van Keulenfjorden Rindersbukta Crednermorenen; VDP::450; Bakaninbreen; Crednermorenen; Paulabreen; Rindersbukta; Svalbard; Van Keulenfjorden; Van Mijenfjorden; Annals of Glaciology; glacier; Ice; ice core; permafrost; Tidewater
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/12522; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-24127

This thesis presents a study of the landsystem of the Svalbard tidewater glacier Paulabreen and its late Holocene surge moraines, focusing on the glaciology and the glacial geology. An active surge of Skobreen/Paulabreen was observed and the glacier dynamics and stress regime was studied using satel...