Multibeam bathymetry and depositional environment in Kongsfjorden and Krossfjorden, western Spitsbergen, Svalbard.

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Howe, John, Moreton, Steven, Morri, Clara, Morris, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: EXTENT; Geosciences; Multidisciplinary; Environmental Sciences; NORTHWEST SPITSBERGEN; Oceanography; ICE-SHEET; FACIES; GLACIAL MAXIMUM; Ecology; Geography; Physical; HISTORY; CONTINENTAL-MARGIN; SEDIMENTATION; FJORDS; Svalbard; Kronebreen; Krossfjorden; glacier; Ice Sheet; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; Krossfjord*; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/f6be3c08-1b57-4f58-b688-3d9e47171fb5; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-8369.2003.tb00114.x

Kongsfjorden and Krossfjorden are two ice-proximal fjords on the western coast of Spitsbergen which have been surveyed using multibeam bathymetry, sub-bottom profiling and gravity coring. Central and outer Kongsfjorden is dominated by a 30 km(2) outcrop of bedrock, with a thin (<10 m) sediment co...