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Terrestrial glacial geomorphology of surge-type and non-surge-type glaciers on Svalbard

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This paper presents a map of terrestrial glacial geomorphology of eleven surge-type and non-surge-type glacier forefields in southwest and west Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Glacier forefields were mapped using a combination of field surveys and the use of an uncrewed airborne vehicle in September 2022 and satellite imagery captured in 2020, with mapping performed in ArcGIS Pro at a 1:5000 scale. Maps were constructed for glaciers in Van Kuelenfjorden and Van Mijenfjorden (southwest Spitsbergen), and in Isfjorden, Billefjorden a fjord branch of Isfjorden and St. Jonsfjorden (west Spitsbergen), to obtain a breadth of glacier types and features representative of glacial landsystems on Svalbard. The detailed landform inventory was divided into: (i) ice marginal, (ii) subglacial, (iii) glaciofluvial and glaciolacustrine, (iv) supraglacial and (v) other non-glacial and contemporary features. These detailed maps provide a geomorphological insight into the past and present characteristics of glaciers on Svalbard.

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Author(s): McCerery R, Davies BJ, Lovell H, Pearce DA, Calvo-Ryan R, Malecki J, Woodward J

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Journal of Maps

Year: 2024

Volume: 20

Issue: 1

Print publication date: 26/06/2024

Online publication date: 26/06/2024

Acceptance date: 24/05/2024

Date deposited: 16/12/2025

ISSN (electronic): 1744-5647

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2024.2362277

DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2024.2362277

Data Access Statement: All shapefiles are available in an open access repository, Open Science Framework, at 10.17605/OSF.IO/8FC2M

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