Sensitivity to long-term climate change of subpermafrost groundwater systems in Svalbard

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Haldorsen, S., Heim, M., Dale, B., Landvik, J.Y., van der Ploeg, M., Leijnse, A., Salvigsen, O., Hagen, J.O., Banks, D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: QE Geology; Arctic; Arctic Island; Svalbard; Climate change; glacier; Ice; permafrost; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/76144/

Deep subpermafrost aquifers are highly climate-dependent, with the permafrost as an aquitard preventing groundwater recharge and discharge. A study from the high-arctic island of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, shows that during a glacial to interglacial phase, both the permafrost and the glacier regime will...