Accelerating retreat and high-elevation thinning of glaciers in central Spitsbergen

Svalbard is a heavily glacier-covered archipelago in the Arctic. Dickson Land (DL), in the central part of the largest island, Spitsbergen, is relatively arid and, as a result, glaciers there are relatively small and restricted mostly to valleys and cirques. This study presents a comprehensive analy...

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Main Author: J. Małecki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-06-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:http://www.the-cryosphere.net/10/1317/2016/tc-10-1317-2016.pdf