2014
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-014-0572-1
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Landscape–seascape dynamics in the isthmus between Sørkapp Land and the rest of Spitsbergen: Will a new big Arctic island form?

Abstract: Transformation of the glaciated isthmus between Sørkapp Land and the rest of Spitsbergen since 1900 is described. The landscape–seascape dynamics depends on the glacial recession determined by climate warming after the Little Ice Age (i.e., since the beginning of the twentieth century, and especially since the 1980s). The isthmus has been narrowed from 28 km in 1899–1900 to 6.2 km in 2013, and lowered by 60–200 m from 1936 to 2005. Two isthmus’ glaciers will have melted, given the current thermic conditions, b… Show more

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“…Later surveys, on the other hand, demonstrated the existence of subglacial zones below sea level only in part of this area, raising doubts on the potential continuous link between Hornsund and Hambergbukta (Dowdeswell et al ., ; Pälli et al ., ). These later studies, however, suggest that the bottom of the Hornbreen‐Hambergbreen glacial system is close to sea level, and fail to conclusively end the speculation regarding the potential separation of Sørkapp Land from the rest of Spitsbergen by a strait (Sharov, ; Sharov and Osokin, ; Ziaja and Ostafin, , ).…”
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“…Later surveys, on the other hand, demonstrated the existence of subglacial zones below sea level only in part of this area, raising doubts on the potential continuous link between Hornsund and Hambergbukta (Dowdeswell et al ., ; Pälli et al ., ). These later studies, however, suggest that the bottom of the Hornbreen‐Hambergbreen glacial system is close to sea level, and fail to conclusively end the speculation regarding the potential separation of Sørkapp Land from the rest of Spitsbergen by a strait (Sharov, ; Sharov and Osokin, ; Ziaja and Ostafin, , ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…The processes described here are similar to those which during deglaciation led to the formation of fjords, inter‐island channels, offshore islands and archipelagos in cold regions worldwide including Norway (Lofoten, Vesterålen), Scotland (Hebrides), Greenland, British Columbia (Discovery Islands, Broughton Archipelago), Alaska (Alexander Archipelago, Kodiak), the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Patagonia, the Antarctic Peninsula and other recently or formerly glaciated coasts (Möller and Sollid, ; Evans et al ., ; Sharov, ; Boyd et al ., ; Briner et al ., ; Hodgson et al . ; Ziaja and Ostafin, ).…”
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