Modeling the Controls on the Front Position of a Tidewater Glacier in Svalbard

Calving is an important mass-loss process at ice sheet and marine-terminating glacier margins, but identifying and quantifying its principal driving mechanisms remains challenging. Hansbreen is a grounded tidewater glacier in southern Spitsbergen, Svalbard, with a rich history of field and remote se...

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Main Authors: Jaime Otero, Francisco J. Navarro, Javier J. Lapazaran, Ethan Welty, Darek Puczko, Roman Finkelnburg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2017.00029/full