Discovery of thermal springs in the Raudfjellet region, SW Spitsbergen

Krzysztof Migala; Mieczysław Sobik

doi:10.3402/polar.v1982i2.7008

Discovery of thermal springs in the Raudfjellet region, SW Spitsbergen

Krzysztof Migala
Mieczysław Sobik

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v1982i2.7008

Abstract

Two thermal springs were discovered in the Raudfjellet region in Spitsbergen. They had a total discharge of about 0.1 m3/sec and were found in metamorphic carbonate rocks on bare ground under the eastern part of Torellbreen. Water with temperatures between 12.3 and 6.5°C caused thermoerosive phenomena to take place at the end of the eastern Torellbreen snout and formed an ice sheet covering the ground after cooling and freezing.

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1982-01-12

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Migala K., & Sobik M. (1982). Discovery of thermal springs in the Raudfjellet region, SW Spitsbergen. Polar Research, 1982(2), 109-110. https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v1982i2.7008

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Vol. 1982 No. 2 (1982)

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Research Notes

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