Essays about: "tidewater glacier"

Found 3 essays containing the words tidewater glacier.

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

3. 2. Calving front dynamics : External forces that lead to specific sized calving events

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Daniel Wainwright; [2014]
   Keywords : Greenland; calving; climate; photography; glacier; tidewater;

   Abstract : Currently there is no extended study that explicitly focuses on themagnitude, frequency and timing of glacial calving resulting from externalforces. Past studies have identified the size and timing of calving events butthe links between them and the external factors that cause them are stillmissing. READ MORE

4. 3. Dynamics of surging tidewater glaciers in Tempelfjorden, Spitsbergen

   University essay from Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK)

   Author : Anne Flink; [2013]
   Keywords : tidewater glacier; surge; Spitsbergen;

   Abstract : Terrestrial glacial geomorphology has long been used to evaluate the extent, chronology and dynamics of former glaciers and ice sheets. New marine geophysical methods provide an opportunity to study the glacial submarine morphology of modern continental shelves and fjord systems. READ MORE