Sensitivity to long-term climate change of subpermafrost groundwater systems in Svalbard

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Haldorsen, S., Heim, M., Dale, A., Landvik, J.Y., van der Ploeg, M.J., Leijnse, A., Salvigsen, O., Ove Hagen, J., Banks, D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: bockfjorden; glacial maximum; hydrochemistry; ice-sheet; mass-balance; north slope; northwestern spitsbergen; travertine formation; troll thermal springs; western spitsbergen; Arctic; Arctic Island; Bockfjorden; Svalbard; Troll; Climate change; glacier; Ice; Ice Sheet; permafrost; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/sensitivity-to-long-term-climate-change-of-subpermafrost-groundwa; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2009.11.002

Deep subpermafrost aquifers are highly climate-dependent, with the permafrost as an aquitard preventing groundwater recharge and discharge. A study from the high-arctic island of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, shows that during a glacial to interglacial phase, both the permafrost and the glacier regime will...