Crevasses on Svalbard Glaciers: Distribution and Dynamic Controls

• Main Author: Farsund, Ingunn
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Bergen 2015
• Subjects: crevasse; glacier; velocity; strain rate; terrasar-x; Svalbard; tunabreen; borebreen; austre torellbreen; 756199; Tunabreen; Torellbreen; Austre Torellbreen; Borebreen; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/10417

Crevasses play a key role in understanding a wide range of glaciological processes, but the current understanding is mainly based on a few key studies. Recent years, studies on crevasse formation have been motivated by the understanding of processes of calving and the breakup of ice shelves. Dynamic...