High Arctic submarine glaciogenic landscapes : their formation and significance

• Main Author: Freire, Francis Fletcher
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för geologiska vetenskaper 2016
• Subjects: High Arctic; GrIS; marine geophysics; glaciogenic landscapes; ice streams; submarine slides; Geology; Geologi; Arctic; Greenland; Molloy; Molloy Hole; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-127165

This thesis is focused on studies of glacial and slope morphology in the high Arctic of western Greenland shelf and the Molloy Hole seafloor spreading area, based on high-resolution acoustic methods and other geophysical data. The main purpose is to improve our understanding of glacial dynamics and...