Rapid temperature rise may have triggered glacier surges all over Svalbard

• Main Author: Schytt Holmlund, Erik
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2020
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Quaternary geology; glaciology: 465; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Kvartærgeologi; glasiologi: 465; GEO-3900; Svalbard; Bolterdalen; Scott Turnerbreen; Foxdalen; Glacier Scott; glacier
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/21145

Observational and geomorphological records suggest that most glaciers on Svalbard reached their maximum Little Ice Age extents by means of surging. Furthermore, it seems to have happened within just a few decades, suggesting that the rapid concurrent changes in climate might have triggered this wide...