Cryostratigraphy and sedimentology of high-Arctic fjord-valleys

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Author: Gilbert, Graham Lewis
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Bergen 2018
• Subjects: Adventdalen; Arctic; Greenland; Svalbard; Climate change; glacier; Ice; permafrost; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes; The Cryosphere; Tidewater; Zackenberg
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/17627

Fjord-valleys, as sediment-filled palaeofjords, are characteristic of formerly glaciated mountainous coastal areas. High-Arctic fjord-valleys commonly host permafrost, but are poorly accessible and hence have drawn relatively little research. The research presented in this thesis combines the method...