Transient nature of Arctic spring systems driven by subglacial meltwater

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Scheidegger, J. M., Bense, V. F., Grasby, S. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; Borup Fiord; Ellesmere Island; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/42223/; https://doi.org/10.1029/2012GL051445

In the High Arctic, supra- and proglacial springs occur at Borup Fiord Pass, Ellesmere Island. Spring waters are sulfur bearing and isotope analysis suggests springs are fed by deeply circulating glacial meltwater. However, the mechanism maintaining spring flow is unclear in these areas of thick per...