Deposits and processes on the tide-influenced fjord-head delta in Dicksonfjorden, Svalbard

• Main Author: Kvam, Maria Huse
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2018
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Sedimentology: 456; 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; GEO-3900; Dicksonfjorden; Svalbard; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/12875

This study investigates for the first time the tide-influenced fjord-head delta in Dicksonfjorden, a fjord in central Spitsbergen, Svalbard. In order to examine the deposits and processes, sediment cores, surface observations and bulk samples have been obtained. Sedimentary facies, log transects and...