Morphodynamic evolution of Kongsfjorden-Krossfjorden, Svalbard, during the Late Weichselian and Holocene
MacLachlan, S.E., Howe, J.A. and Vardy, M.E. (2010) Morphodynamic evolution of Kongsfjorden-Krossfjorden, Svalbard, during the Late Weichselian and Holocene. In, Howe, J.A., Austin, W.E.N., Forwick, M. and Paetzel, M. (eds.) Fjord Systems and Archives. London, GB, Geological Society of London, 195-205. (Geological Society Special Publication, 344). (doi:10.1144/SP344.14).
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We present a combination of fjord bathymetry and shallow seismic data from Kongsfjorden and Krossfjorden, Svalbard, to characterize and analyse change in the fjord coastal environment physiography and the glaciosedimentary processes since the Last Glacial Maximum. Swath bathymetry reveals a series of several styles of landform, frequently superimposed upon each other, permitting the reconstruction of the relative timings of deposition of each landform with the oldest successively overlain and cross-cut by younger landforms and erosional processes. Large transverse ridges interpreted as recessional moraines are overlain by streamlined lineations formed subglacially during a subsequent ice advance. A complex of recessional morainal ridges occurring within the central fjord are incised by glacial lineations and meltwater channels from younger glacial events.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| ISBNs: | 1862393125 (hardback) 9781862393127 (hardback) |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QE Geology |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > National Oceanography Centre (NERC) University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Ocean & Earth Science (SOC/SOES) National Oceanography Centre (NERC) > Marine Geoscience |
| Item ID: | 170293 |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jan 2011 10:36 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jun 2012 09:59 |
| Contributors: | MacLachlan, S.E. (Author) Howe, J.A. (Author) Vardy, M.E. (Author) Howe, J.A. (Editor) Austin, W.E.N. (Editor) Forwick, M. (Editor) Paetzel, M. (Editor) |
| Date: | October 2010 |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | Geological Society of London |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/170293 |
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