Late Weichselian and Holocene glacier dynamics and sedimentary processes in and north of the Wijdefjorden-Austfjorden fjord system, north Spitsbergen

• Main Author: Braun, Carmen
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2019
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Marine geology: 466; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Marin geologi: 466; sedimentary processes; GEO-3900; Austfjorden; Svalbard; Wijdefjorden; Woodfjorden; Austfjord*; glacier; Sea ice; Wijdefjord*; Woodfjord*; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/15395

Multi-proxy analyses (lithostratigraphy, physical properties, XRF core scanning, and grain size analysis) of five sediment cores and high resolution seismic (chirp) data were integrated to reconstruct the Late Weichselian and Holocene sedimentary environments and glacial history in and on the shelf...