Dataset from Osika and Jania (2024): Geomorphological and historical records of the surge-type behaviour of Hansbreen (Svalbard)

Geomorphological map of the terrestrial and submarine forefield of Hansbreen

This dataset contains shapefiles of geomorphological features in the terrestrial and submarine forefield of Hansbreen, a marine-terminating glacier in Hornsund (southern Spitsbergen, Svalbard), associated and described further in Osika and Jania (2024).

Field investigation was conducted in 2021-2023. Mapping was performed in QGIS 3.22 using the WGS84/UTM33N spatial reference system and based on several datasets:

a very high-resolution orthophotomap and DEM generated and published by Błaszczyk et al. (2022),

bathymetric data generated and published by Błaszczyk et al. (2021) and from Kartverket.

For detailed information about data sources used for mapping, see:

Błaszczyk M and 12 others (2021) Factors controlling terminus position of Hansbreen, a tidewater glacier in Svalbard. J. Geophys. Res.: Earth Surf., 126(2), e2020JF005763 (doi: 10.1029/2020JF005763).

Błaszczyk M, Laska M, Sivertsen A and Jawak SD (2022) Combined Use of Aerial Photogrammetry and Terrestrial Laser Scanning for Detecting Geomorphological Changes in Hornsund, Svalbard. Remote Sens., 14(3), 601. (doi: 10.3390/rs14030601).

This work was funded by the National Science Centre of Poland (grant no. 2021/41/N/ST10/02070).

Please cite the database alongside this resource: Osika A., Jania J., 2024: Geomorphological and historical records of the surge-type behaviour of Hansbreen (Svalbard). Annals of Glaciology 65, e31. doi:10.1017/aog.2024.32