Debris entrainment and landform genesis during tidewater glacier surges

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
• Main Authors: Lovell, H., Fleming, E.J., Benn, Doug I, Hubbard, B., Lukas, Sven, Rea, B.R., Noormets, R., Flink, A.E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Glacier surge; Basal ice; Debris-rich structures; Geometrical ridge networks; Svalbard; Tempelfjorden; Tunabreen; Von Postbreen; glacier; Tempelfjord*; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/debris-entrainment-and-landform-genesis-during-tidewater-glacier-surges(63465a5d-9e21-4b4d-bb03-9259930b247f).html; https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JF003509; https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/8275/1/Benn_2015_JGRES_Debris.pdf

The englacial entrainment of basal debris during surges presents an opportunity to investigate processes acting at the glacier bed. The subsequent melt-out of debris-rich englacial structures during the quiescent phase produces geometrical ridge networks on glacier forelands that are diagnostic of s...