Glacial history and forefield development of Aldegondabreen since the Little Ice Age maximum extent

• Main Author: Kirkebøen, Kristine Øksenvåg
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2018
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Kvartærgeologi; glasiologi: 465; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Quaternary geology; glaciology: 465; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Sedimentologi: 456; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Sedimentology: 456; GEO-3900; Aldegondabreen; Tidewater; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/12812

A geomorphological map has been produced to investigate the glacial history of Aldegondabreen, a small land terminating valley glacier located on the western coast of Spitsbergen. The glacier has changed its dynamic from a tidewater glacier into a land-terminating glacier during the last advance/ret...