The Role of Underflows and Climate on Sediment Distribution in Glacial-fed Lake Linné, Svalbard, Norway

• Main Authors: Zamora-Reyes^, Diana, Lougheed, Vanessa L, Werner, Alan, Roof*, Steven
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: ScholarWorks@UTEP 2011
• Subjects: Underflows; Sedimentation; Climate Change; Environmental Sciences; Ecology and Evolution; and Geology; Climate; Geology; Meteorology; Sedimentology; Linnévatnet; Norway; Svalbard; glacier
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.utep.edu/couri_abstracts/10; https://scholarworks.utep.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1020&context=couri_abstracts

Linnévatnet (78° 2’N, 13° 49’E), is a glacial-fed lake located in Svalbard, an archipelago north of Norway. Sediments found in the lake are supplied by the Linné Glacier, 8km south of the lake, and are transported by the melt stream into the lake, creating laminations with a strong signal of seasona...