Helheim_Glacier

Helheim Glacier

Helheim Glacier

Glacier in Greenland

Helheim Glacier is a glacier in the Sermersooq municipality, Eastern Greenland.

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This glacier's name is derived from "Helheim", a modern term for a world of the dead in Old Norse religion: Hel.

Geography

The Helheim Glacier is located on the eastern side of the Greenland ice sheet. It is one of Greenland's largest outlet glaciers.[1][2][3] It flows roughly in an ESE direction and feeds the waters of the Helheim Fjord, a branch at the northern end of the Sermilik (Danish: Egede og Rothes Fjord) system, where there are a number of other glaciers calving and discharging at rapid rates such as the Fenris and the Midgard Glacier.[4]

Retreat

Helheim Glacier accelerated from 8 km (5.0 mi) per year in 2000 to 11 km (6.8 mi) per year in 2005.[5] Like many of Greenland's outlet glaciers, it is a common site where glacial earthquakes are monitored.[6]

Retreat of Greenland's Helheim Glacier from 2001 to 2005

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2009-09-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Ekström, G., M. Nettles, and V. C. Tsai (2006)"Seasonality and Increasing Frequency of Greenland Glacial Earthquakes", Science, 311, 5768, 1756–1758, doi:10.1126/science.1122112
  2. [2]
    http://people.deas.harvard.edu/~vtsai/files/TsaiEkstrom_JGR2007.pdf%7CTsai, V. C. and G. Ekström (2007). "Analysis of Glacial Earthquakes", J. Geophys. Res., 112, F03S22, doi:10.1029/2006JF000596
  3. [3]
    "Rapid retreat of Greenland's outlet glaciers may be temporary". Nature. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  4. [4]
    "Helheimfjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Helheim Glacier". United Nations Environment Programme. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  6. [6]
    Ekstrom, Goram (24 March 2006). "Seasonality and Increasing Frequency of Greenland Glacial Earthquakes". Science. 311 (5768): 1756–1758. Bibcode:2006Sci...311.1756E. doi:10.1126/science.1122112. PMID 16556839. S2CID 34298315.


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