The Svalbox Digital Model Database (DMDb) just made its formal debut into the scientific community in a new article published in the journal Geosphere.
Digitizing the igneous intrusion at Hyperittfossen . The frozen waterfall is surrounded by igneous intrusions belonging to the Early-Cretaceous Diabasodden Suite. Even with the midnight sun, snow is present until June and data acquisition is supported by snowmobile. Credit: Peter BetlemGeosphereThe Svalbard archipelago, located north of Norway halfway to the North Pole and well within the Arctic Circle, is a remote geological wonderland.
The coastal cliffs of Kvalhovden in eastern Spitsbergen expose palaeolandslide blocks and related slope failure features that disturb a succession of paralic sediments, many of which visible in the digital twin. Credit: Peter Betlem "Not knowing what a field site looks like can really hold you back," clarifies Betlem,"especially in the Arctic, where the landscape changes rapidly as glaciers recede." These changes can now be preserved in time-lapse through the Svalbox DMDb, their geological potential thus safeguarded for generations to come.
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