Dynamics of surging tidewater glaciers in Tempelfjorden, Spitsbergen

• Main Author: Flink, Anne
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK) 2013
• Subjects: tidewater glacier; surge; Spitsbergen; Physical Geography; Naturgeografi; Lomonosovfonna; Svalbard; Tempelfjorden; Tunabreen; Von Postbreen; glacier; Ice cap; Tempelfjord*; Tidewater
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-88458

Terrestrial glacial geomorphology has long been used to evaluate the extent, chronology and dynamics of former glaciers and ice sheets. New marine geophysical methods provide an opportunity to study the glacial submarine morphology of modern continental shelves and fjord systems. This makes it possi...