Holocene ice-free strait followed by dynamic Neoglacial fluctuations
Hornsund, Svalbard
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12265129 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aleksandra Osika (0000-0002-4686-7203, University of Silesia in Katowice, corresponding author), Jacek Jania (0000-0002-8531-7394, University of Silesia in Katowice), Joanna Ewa Szafraniec (0000-0002-2170-5822, University of Silesia in Katowice) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 664-679 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-25 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Holocene (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-6836 • E-ISSN: 1477-0911 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/09596836221088232 |
| OpenAlex | W4224659728 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 89 |
The recession of the Hornbreen-Hambergbreen glaciers (Hornsund, Svalbard) will lead to the formation of a strait between the Greenland and Barents Seas within a few decades. We provide evidence for the earlier existence of this strait, in the Early–Middle Holocene and presumably since 1.3 ka cal. BP until glacier advance 0.7 ± 0.3 ka or earlier. Radiocarbon dating of mollusc shells from the ground moraines in the Hornbreen forefield indicate the existence of the marine environment at the contemporary glacierized head of Hornsund since 10.9 ka cal. BP or earlier due to glacier retreat. The gap in the radiocarbon dates between 3.9 and 1.3 ka cal. BP and the published results of 10 Be exposure dating on Treskelen suggest the strait’s closure after glacier advance in the Neoglacial. Subsequent re-opening occurred around 1.3 ka cal. BP, but according to 10 Be dates from Treskelen, the strait has again been closed since ca. 0.7 ± 0.3 ka or earlier. The oldest known surge of Hornbreen occurred around 1900. Analysis of Landsat satellite images, morphometric indicators characterizing the glacier frontal zones and previous studies indicate one surge of Hambergbreen (1957–1968) and five re-advances of Hornbreen in the 20th century (after 1936, between 1958 and 1962, in 1986–1990, 1998–1999, 2011). While the warmer Holocene intervals might be a benchmark for the effects of future climate change, glacier dynamics in post-Little Ice Age climate warming seems to be an analogue of glacier retreats and re-advances in the earlier periods of the Holocene
Cirque glacier · Climate change · Climatology · Cryosphere · Geography · Geomorphology · Glacier · Holocene · Ice stream · Moraine · Physical geography · Radiocarbon dating · Sea ice · Surge · Climate change and permafrost · Cryospheric studies and observations · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Geology · Oceanography · Paleontology
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| Citations per year | 0.67 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |