Ocean impact on the 79 North Glacier, Northeast Greenland

• Main Author: Schaffer, Janin
• Other Authors: Kanzow, Torsten, Rhein, Monika
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universität Bremen 2017
• Subjects: ocean glacier interaction; Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden Glacier; Atlantic Water; Northeast Greenland continental shelf; 500; 500 Science; ddc:500; Greenland; Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden; Nord Gletscher; Fram Strait; glacier; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/1346; https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00106281-12

The retreat and acceleration of marine-terminating glaciers around the coast of Greenland observed over the last two decades have partly been attributed to a warming of Atlantic Water (AW) circulating around the subpolar North Atlantic. This thesis investigates the impact of the ocean circulation on...