Glacial history of the Åsgardfonna Ice Cap, NE Spitsbergen, since the last glaciation

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Allaart, Lis, Schomacker, Anders, Larsen, Nicolaj K., Nørmark, Egon, Rydningen, Tom Arne, Farnsworth, Wesley R., Retelle, Michael J., Brynjólfsson, Skafti, Forwick, Matthias, Kjellman, Sofia Elisabeth
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450; Femmilsjøen; Svalbard; glacier; Ice cap; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/20024; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106717

The response of glaciers and ice caps to past climate change provides important insight into how they will react to ongoing and future global warming. In Svalbard, the Holocene glacial history has been studied for many cirque and valley glaciers. However, little is known about how the larger ice cap...