Assessment of heat sources on the control of fast flow of Vestfonna ice cap, Svalbard

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: M. Schäfer, F. Gillet-Chaulet, R. Gladstone, R. Pettersson, V. A. Pohjola, T. Strozzi, T. Zwinger
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2014
• Subjects: envir; geo; Svalbard; Vestfonna; Weertman; glacier; Ice cap; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-1951-2014; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/8/1951/2014/tc-8-1951-2014.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/2e5f750d8fd84dcea776606fecb159dc

Understanding the response of fast flowing ice streams or outlet glaciers to changing climate is crucial in order to make reliable projections of sea level change over the coming decades. Motion of fast outlet glaciers occurs largely through basal motion governed by physical processes at the glacier...