Fig. 1: Study site.
In situ measurements and sediment sampling were conducted at three sites—Faro, Creek, and Isla D (positions are marked with a cross). The curved, bright blue line marks the front of the Fourcade glacier. The bright blue arrows indicate river run-offs from the creeks, supplied mainly by melting glacier, permafrost and snow. The dashed blue arrows indicate the direction of the main current in Potter Cove. Owing to this current direction, Faro is considered an upstream site experiencing little glacial melt disturbance, Isla D is a glacier front site under high glacial melt influence and Creek is located downstream of a melt water river, experiencing glacial melt disturbance in addition to meltwater plume influence. Satellite picture from Potter Cove taken on 3 November 2013 from Digital Globe84.
