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Quantification of sediment transport into Kongsfjorden due to the glacier melt dynamics of Austre Lovenbreen using terrestrial laser scanning

2018

International audience; Climate warming causes a decrease of glaciers in Svalbard. This results in sig-nificant changes of the geomorphology of areas in glacier catchments where iceand permafrost is melting. In particular the snout of the glacier melts drasticallyand the water outflow of the glacier changes sometimes its direction. Sedimentand bed load transport forms new river beds in the moraine, and the sedimentsinvolved are transported downstream into the fjords. In recent years terrestriallaser scanning technology has developed significantly, so it is possible to mea-sure the surface of a whole glacier catchment such as the Austre Lovenbreen inhigh resolution just in a few days or even…