Holocene Glacial Dynamics of the Barentsøya ice cap, Svalbard

• Main Author: Leister, Juliane
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2018
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Marine geology: 466; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Marin geologi: 466; GEO-3900; Barents Sea; Barentsjøkulen; Barentsøya; Besselsbreen; Duckwitzbreen; Freemanbreen; Svalbard; glacier; Ice cap; Ice Sheet; Sea ice; Svalbard-Barents Sea Ice sheet
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/12813

This study investigates the glacial dynamics of Barentsjøkulen, a small ice cap located on Barentsøya, Svalbard. In order to reconstruct Barentsjøkulen’s glacial history, three geomorphological maps of the glacier forefields of its main outlet glaciers, Besselsbreen, Duckwitzbreen and Freemanbreen,...