Large-scale karst features and open taliks at Vardeborgsletta, outer Isfjorden, Svalbard

Author

Otto Salvigsen
Anne Elgersma

Files

Publication Date

January 1985

Publication Title

Polar Research

Volume Number

3

Issue Number

2

Abstract

Ground temperature measurements show that open taliks occurring at Vardeborgsletta are probably caused by the heat of circulating water from great depths. The absence of permafrost has allowed the ground water to circulate, and large-scale karst features have developed in a limestone area. Karst processes are also active today, and dolines and ponds with sinking drainage occur.

Keywords

High-Alpine Environments, Stone, Ice

Geographic Subject

Norway

Document Type

Article

Language

English

Identifier

K26-00065

Recommended Citation

Salvigsen, Otto and Elgersma, Anne, "Large-scale karst features and open taliks at Vardeborgsletta, outer Isfjorden, Svalbard" (1985). KIP Articles. 2940.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/2940