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Suspended sediment yield and transfer processes in a small High-Arctic glacier basin, Svalbard

✍ Scribed by Andrew Hodson; Angela Gurnell; Martyn Tranter; Jim Bogen; Jon Ove Hagen; Michael Clark

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Weight
307 KB
Volume
12
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-6087

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✦ Synopsis

Observations of suspended sediment concentration and discharge at two sites on the proglacial river network draining from a predominantly cold-based, High-Arctic glacier (Austre Brùggerbreen) are described. Analysis of these observations illustrates: (i) the relatively low suspended sediment yield from this basin in comparison with many other glacier basins reported in the open literature; (ii) sustained and possibly increasing availability of suspended sediment to the ¯uvial system as the ablation season progresses; and (iii) the role of the proglacial sandur as both a sediment source and sink. Field observations coupled with the results of the data analysis are used to make inferences concerning the changing nature and relative importance of sediment sources within the basin.

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