Abstract:Most of the large glaciers in Svalbard are tidewater calving glaciers. This chapter focuses on the glaciers of Hornsund Fjord that in 2014 almost cuts through the southern island of Svalbard. There ar...Most of the large glaciers in Svalbard are tidewater calving glaciers. This chapter focuses on the glaciers of Hornsund Fjord that in 2014 almost cuts through the southern island of Svalbard. There are five glaciers along the south coast of Hornsund Fjord. From east to west, they are Svalisbreen, Mendeljevbreen, Chomjakovbreen, Samarinbreen, and Korberbreen. In 1984, the eastern end of Hornsund was fronted by a single glacier terminus comprised of the Storbreen, Hornbreen, Svalisbreen and Mendeljevbreen. By 1990, the glaciers had all separated. Storbreen has retreated the most with 3600m of retreat, and the fjord arm that has been extended by the retreat is maintaining its width indicating a lack of pinning points to slow the retreat. Vasilievbreen is a glacier that terminates on the east coast of the southern island of Svalbard, a short distance southeast of Hornsund. Olsokbreen is the southern most of the major glaciers on the west coast of Sorkappland.Read More
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-11-04
Language: en
Type: other
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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