Structures and deformation in glaciers and ice sheets

SJA Jennings, MJ Hambrey - Reviews of Geophysics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The aims of this review are to:(a) describe and interpret structures in valley glaciers in
relation to strain history; and (b) to explore how these structures inform our understanding of …

The evolution of a submarine landform record following recent and multiple surges of Tunabreen glacier, Svalbard

AE Flink, R Noormets, N Kirchner, DI Benn… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
This study focuses on the glacial landform record associated with recent surge events of
Tunabreen–a calving tidewater glacier in Tempelfjorden, Spitsbergen. Submarine …

Thermal structure of Svalbard glaciers and implications for thermal switch models of glacier surging

H Sevestre, DI Benn, NRJ Hulton… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Switches between cold‐and warm‐based conditions have long been invoked to explain
surges of High Arctic glaciers. Here we compile existing and new data on the thermal regime …

Deformation and magnetic fabrics in ductile shear zones: A review

EC Ferré, A Gébelin, JL Till, C Sassier, KC Burmeister - Tectonophysics, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility (AMS) is a well-established petrofabric
tool for indicating relative strain and microstructural character and has been validated on …

From high friction zone to frontal collapse: dynamics of an ongoing tidewater glacier surge, Negribreen, Svalbard

ON Haga, R McNabb, C Nuth, B Altena… - Journal of …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Negribreen, a tidewater glacier located in central eastern Svalbard, began actively surging
after it experienced an initial collapse in summer 2016. The surge resulted in horizontal …

[HTML][HTML] Kinematic evolution of kilometre-scale fold trains in surge-type glaciers explored with a numerical model

EM Young, GE Flowers, H Jiskoot… - Journal of Structural …, 2022 - Elsevier
Glacier surging provides a window into the processes responsible for some of the fastest ice
flow on Earth. Surge-type glaciers are festooned with fold trains—many visible from space …

Former dynamic behaviour of a cold-based valley glacier on Svalbard revealed by basal ice and structural glaciology investigations

H Lovell, EJ Fleming, DI Benn, B Hubbard… - Journal of …, 2015 - cambridge.org
Large 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 …

Debris entrainment and landform genesis during tidewater glacier surges

H Lovell, EJ Fleming, DI Benn… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The englacial entrainment of basal debris during surges presents an opportunity to
investigate processes acting at the glacier bed. The subsequent melt‐out of debris‐rich …

Palaeomagnetic and mineral magnetic analyses of the Deckenschotter of northern Switzerland and southern Germany

S Scheidt, MW Buechi, R Egli, AR Biedermann… - Swiss Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The Deckenschotter is a fluvial to glaciofluvial gravel unit in northern Switzerland and
southern Germany. The deposits are considered the oldest preserved glacial to interglacial …

Glacitectonism, subglacial and glacilacustrine processes during a Neoproterozoic panglaciation, north‐east Svalbard

EJ Fleming, DI Benn, CTE Stevenson… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Neoproterozoic successions has been the subject of
long‐standing debate, particularly concerning the interpretation of diamictites. The …