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Casey, K. A. "Supraglacial dust and debris: geochemical compositions from glaciers in Svalbard, southern Norway, Nepal and New Zealand." Earth System Science Data Discussions 5, no. 1 (2012): 107–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essdd-5-107-2012.

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Abstract. Alpine glacier samples were collected in four contrasting regions to measure supraglacial dust and debris geochemical composition and quantify regional variability. A total of 70 surface glacier ice, snow and debris samples were collected in Svalbard, southern Norway, Nepal and New Zealand. Trace elemental abundances in snow and ice samples were measured via inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Supraglacial debris mineral, bulk oxide and trace element composition were determined via X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF). A total of 45 major, trace and rare earth elements and 10 oxide compound abundances are reported. Elemental abundances revealed sea salt aerosol and metal enrichment in Svalbard, low levels of crustal dust and marine influences to southern Norway, high crustal dust and anthropogenic enrichment in the Khumbu Himalayas, and sulfur and metals attributed to quiescent degassing and volcanic activity in northern New Zealand. Rare earth element and Al/Ti elemental ratios demonstrated distinct provenance of particulates in each study region. Ca/S elemental ratio data showed seasonal denudation in Svalbard and southern Norway. Ablation season atmospheric particulate transport trajectories were mapped in each of the study regions and suggest provenance pathways. The in situ data presented provides first-order glacier surface geochemical variability as measured in the four diverse alpine glacier regions. The surface glacier geochemical data set is available from the PANGAEA database at doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.773951. This geochemical surface glacier data is relevant to glaciologic ablation rate understanding as well as satellite atmospheric and land-surface mapping techniques currently in development.
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Sollid, Johan Ludvig, and Leif Sørbel. "Rock glaciers in Svalbard and Norway." Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 3, no. 3 (1992): 215–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppp.3430030307.

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BONAN, DAVID BROOKING, JOHN ERICH CHRISTIAN, and KNUT CHRISTIANSON. "Influence of North Atlantic climate variability on glacier mass balance in Norway, Sweden and Svalbard." Journal of Glaciology 65, no. 252 (2019): 580–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2019.35.

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ABSTRACTClimate variability can complicate efforts to interpret any long-term glacier mass-balance trends due to anthropogenic warming. Here we examine the impact of climate variability on the seasonal mass-balance records of 14 glaciers throughout Norway, Sweden and Svalbard using dynamical adjustment, a statistical method that removes orthogonal patterns of variability shared between each mass-balance record and sea-level pressure or sea-surface temperature predictor fields. For each glacier, the two leading predictor patterns explain 27–81% of the winter mass-balance variability and 24–69% of the summer mass-balance variability. The spatial and temporal structure of these patterns indicates that accumulation variability for all of the glaciers is strongly related to the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), with the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) also modulating accumulation variability for the northernmost glaciers. Given this result, predicting glacier change in the region may depend on NAO and AMO predictability. In the raw mass-balance records, the glaciers throughout southern Norway have significantly negative summer trends, whereas the glaciers located closer to the Arctic have negative winter trends. Removing the effects of climate variability suggests it can bias trends in mass-balance records that span a few decades, but its effects on most of the longer-term mass-balance trends are minimal.
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Koroleva, Natalia. "Phytosociological evaluation of terrestrial habitat types in Pyramiden area (Svalbard, Norway)." Czech Polar Reports 4, no. 2 (2014): 193–211. http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/cpr2014-2-20.

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Natural habitats in the area of Pyramiden town (Svalbard, Norway) were assessed as a part of landscape planning for purposes of tourism development. Habitat types evalu-ation was done by using phytosociological units and assessed by IUCN categories. Altogether, 15 main habitat types were united in following groups: 1. Arctic tundra, 2. Barrens, screes, young alluvia areas and glaciers, 4. Wetlands and marshes, 5. Meadows and grasslands, 6. Anthropogenic open plant communities.
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Eiken, Trond, Jon Ove Hagen, and Kjetil Melvold. "Kinematic GPS survey of geometry changes on Svalbard glaciers." Annals of Glaciology 24 (1997): 157–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0260305500012106.

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The difficulty of using traditional direct mass-balance methods on large glaciers and ice caps requires the development of new methods. The objective of this paper is to evaluate whether a precise global positioning system (GPS) survey of geometry changes can be used to detect and monitor mass-balance changes. A joint project between Norway, Poland and Russia has investigated three high-altitude, large ice masses on Spitsbergen (Lomonosovfonna, Amundsenisen and Kongsvegen). The GPS survey was conducted using two methods. (1) Static GPS survey of stakes drilled into the ice was used for flow-velocity and emergence-velocity measurements. (2) Kinematic GPS survey was used to measure longitudinal profiles of surface elevation between the stakes. The accuracy of the measurements has proved to be better than 5 cm in horizontal position and 10 cm in height. Comparisons show that the GPS survey is applicable and gives sufficient accuracy to replace traditional methods and is thus especially useful on large glaciers where traditional surveying by electronic distance meter is impossible.
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Eiken, Trond, Jon Ove Hagen, and Kjetil Melvold. "Kinematic GPS survey of geometry changes on Svalbard glaciers." Annals of Glaciology 24 (1997): 157–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.3189/s0260305500012106.

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The difficulty of using traditional direct mass-balance methods on large glaciers and ice caps requires the development of new methods. The objective of this paper is to evaluate whether a precise global positioning system (GPS) survey of geometry changes can be used to detect and monitor mass-balance changes. A joint project between Norway, Poland and Russia has investigated three high-altitude, large ice masses on Spitsbergen (Lomonosovfonna, Amundsenisen and Kongsvegen). The GPS survey was conducted using two methods.(1)Static GPS survey of stakes drilled into the ice was used for flow-velocity and emergence-velocity measurements.(2)Kinematic GPS survey was used to measure longitudinal profiles of surface elevation between the stakes.The accuracy of the measurements has proved to be better than 5 cm in horizontal position and 10 cm in height. Comparisons show that the GPS survey is applicable and gives sufficient accuracy to replace traditional methods and is thus especially useful on large glaciers where traditional surveying by electronic distance meter is impossible.
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Lovell, Harold, Edward J. Fleming, Douglas I. Benn, Bryn Hubbard, Sven Lukas, and Kathrin Naegeli. "Former dynamic behaviour of a cold-based valley glacier on Svalbard revealed by basal ice and structural glaciology investigations." Journal of Glaciology 61, no. 226 (2015): 309–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.3189/2015jog14j120.

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AbstractLarge numbers of small valley glaciers on Svalbard were thicker and more extensive during the Little Ice Age (LIA), demonstrated by prominent ice-cored moraines up to several kilometres beyond present-day margins. The majority of these glaciers have since experienced a long period of strongly negative mass balance during the 20th century and are now largely frozen to their beds, indicating they are likely to have undergone a thermal transition from a polythermal to a cold-based regime. We present evidence for such a switch by reconstructing the former flow dynamics and thermal regime of Tellbreen, a small cold-based valley glacier in central Spitsbergen, based on its basal sequence and glaciological structures. Within the basal sequence, the underlying matrix-supported diamict is interpreted as saturated subglacial traction till which has frozen at the bed, indicating that the thermal switch has resulted in a cessation of subglacial sediment deformation due to freezing of the former deforming layer. This is overlain by debris-poor dispersed facies ice, interpreted to have formed through strain-induced metamorphism of englacial ice. The sequential development of structures includes arcuate fracture traces, interpreted as shear planes formed in a compressive/transpressive stress regime; and fracture traces, interpreted as healed extensional crevasses. The formation of these sediment/ice facies and structures is indicative of dynamic, warm-based flow, most likely during the LIA when the glacier was significantly thicker.
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Lydersen, Christian, Philipp Assmy, Stig Falk-Petersen, et al. "The importance of tidewater glaciers for marine mammals and seabirds in Svalbard, Norway." Journal of Marine Systems 129 (January 2014): 452–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.09.006.

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Lewandowski, Marek, Monika A. Kusiak, Tomasz Werner, et al. "Seeking the Sources of Dust: Geochemical and Magnetic Studies on “Cryodust” in Glacial Cores from Southern Spitsbergen (Svalbard, Norway)." Atmosphere 11, no. 12 (2020): 1325. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos11121325.

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Natural mineral particulate matter deposited from aerosols and trapped in glaciers—herein defined as “cryodust”—may be an excellent indicator of atmospheric circulation, if terrestrial sources of dust can be identified. In this study, we analyzed the composition of cryodust in shallow ice cores taken from five glaciers in Southern Spitsbergen (Svalbard Archipelago, Northern Norway). The chemical composition, magnetic properties and radiogenic ages of individual grains were measured, where possible, to provide indicators of source areas. To identify mineral and rock fragments, solid particulates were examined by Scanning Electron Microscope fitted with a backscattered electron and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopic detectors. An Electron MicroProbe was employed for the U-Th-Pb chemical dating of monazite grains. Magnetic measurements comprised analyses of magnetic susceptibility (κ) vs. temperature (T) variations and determination of magnetic hysteresis parameters. Monazite ages span 445–423 Ma, consistent with mineral growth during the Caledonian orogeny. Caledonian rocks are exposed in the Nordaustlandet area of North-Eastern Svalbard, and this is the most probable source for monazite grains. Magnetic analyses show a predominance of ferrous (FeII) over ferric (FeIII) phases, consistent with a lack of input from subtropical sources. The results from both methods are consistent with local sources of dust from exposures in the Svalbard archipelago.
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Evans, Ian. "Glacier distribution and direction in Svalbard, Axel Heiberg Island and throughout the Arctic: General northward tendencies." Polish Polar Research 32, no. 3 (2011): 199–238. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10183-011-0015-7.

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Glacier distribution and direction in Svalbard, Axel Heiberg Island and throughout the Arctic: General northward tendenciesArctic glaciers depend on supply of moisture, mostly from the Atlantic. The snowline is remarkably high in northeast Siberia, remote from this source. Because of differential solar radiation receipt, local glaciers have a northward-facing tendency throughout the Arctic. This is weaker than in dry mid-latitudes but low sun angles enhance the effects of shading, compensating for the broader range of aspects (i.e.slope directions) illuminated in summer. Statistics from the World Glacier Inventory and other sources show that mass balance differences between slopes of different aspects give both more glaciers, and lower glaciers, facing the favoured direction: usually North. This is clear, for example, for local glaciers (and for all small glaciers) in central Spitsbergen and in Axel Heiberg Island. Wind effects (drifting snow to leeward slopes) are much less important, except in northwest Europe from Norway to Novaya Zemlya which is under the strong influence of westerly winds, greatest in the Polar and Sub-polar Urals. A thorough analysis is provided of aspect data for local glaciers within and near the Arctic Circle, and of variation in glacier mid-altitude with aspect and position. There is consistency between mean glacier aspect (in terms of numbers) and aspect with lowest glaciers, everywhere except in Wrangel Island.
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