Fluctuations of tidewater glaciers in Hornsund Fjord (Southern Svalbard) since the beginning of the 20th century

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 327-352

  Błaszczyk, Małgorzata ^a   Jania, Jacek A ^a   Kolondra, Leszek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate change; Hornsund; Seasonal front fluctuation; Spitsbergen; Tidewater glacier retreat

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGLACIATION; GIS; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE THICKNESS; ICEBERG CALVING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIDEWATER GLACIER; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER DEPTH;

ARCTIC; HORNSUND; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84889663540     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/popore-2013-0024     Document Type: Article

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