Essays about: "glaciärdynamik"

Found 1 essay containing the word glaciärdynamik.

  1. 1. External Conditions Effects on the Self-Organised Criticality of the Calving Glacier Front of Tunabreen, Svalbard

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Pontus Westrin; [2015]
    Keywords : Calving; calving model; self-organized criticality; glacier dynamics; Tunabreen; Kalvning; kalvningsmodell; self-organized criticality; glaciärdynamik; Tunabreen;

    Abstract : Mass balance processes in glaciers are important for determining the growth or retreat of ice. Calving, the mechanical breakage of ice bergs from a glacier front, is a poorly understood phenomenon. This process has great importance to the mass balance of many glaciers, for example on Antarctica and in the Arctic. A recent paper by Åström et al. READ MORE