Formation of crevasse‐squeeze ridges at Trygghamna, Svalbard

Author:

Ben‐Yehoshua Daniel12ORCID,Aradóttir Nína2ORCID,Farnsworth Wesley R.234,Benediktsson Ívar Örn2,Ingólfsson Ólafur23

Affiliation:

1. Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Iceland Reykjavík Iceland

2. Institute of Earth Sciences University of Iceland Reykjavík Iceland

3. University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) Longyearbyen Svalbard

4. Globe Institute University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark

Abstract

AbstractCrevasse‐squeeze ridges (CSRs) are landforms that have been unequivocally linked to surge‐type glaciers. The formation of CSRs has been discussed since they were first defined in the mid‐1980s. Here, we describe geometric CSR networks from the terrestrial glacier forefields of two glaciers in Trygghamna, Western Svalbard. No glacier surges have been observed in Trygghamna; however, the presence of the CSRs signifies past surge activity. Detailed geomorphological maps were constructed, and the spatial context of these landforms described. Cross‐sections of several CSRs highlight ridge architecture, structure and relationships to surrounding landforms and sediments. Most CSRs are symmetrical in cross‐profile, orientated perpendicular or oblique to the ice‐flow direction. Like previous investigations, we observe these ridge networks on top of till and flutes. Additionally, we, for the first time, document CSRs deposited directly on non‐glaciogenic subsurfaces, namely, beach gravels and bedrock. Our findings confirm previous CSR formation theories; basal sediments are squeezed into bottom‐up crevasses during surges, which are subsequently transported englacially until surge termination and are finally released by melt out from stagnant ice. Consequently, a network of CSRs is the product of a significant reorganisation and down‐glacier transport of basal sediment, exemplifying how single surges are agents of glacial sediment redistribution. These formation processes are illustrated in a refined schematic model. The results further contemporary understanding of CSRs in terrestrial surge‐type glacier settings and may also apply to landforms and sediments in certain marine settings and palaeoglacial environments.

Funder

Háskóli Íslands

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous),Earth-Surface Processes,Geography, Planning and Development

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