TY - JOUR N2 - Geomorphological research based on geomorphological mapping seeks to identify the origins and age of forms as well as to describe the process that created or transformed a particular form. One of the most important aspects of this study is the morphometry and morphology of the landscape. This also applies to the submarine areas, and issues related to marine geomorphometry. Bathymetric data used in this study were obtained from the measurements of the Norwegian Hydrographic Service and measurements conducted by the authors. Its main goal was: to determine the bathymetry of the Recherchefjorden (Bellsund, Svalbard), establish morphometric parameters for the analysis of the morphology of the bottom. The boundaries of zones, related to the specific character of bottom geomorphology linked with geological structure, tectonics and, in particular, the impact of glacial system, was delineated. The sets of landforms (areas) were distinguished based on the morphometric analysis resulting from the determined parameters: slopes, its aspects, curvatures and Bathymetric Position Index. Basically, this areas are concentrated in two zones: the main Recherchefjorden and its surroundings. The delimitation also takes into account the origins and location of theme in relation to the glacial systems. On this basis, moraine areas were distinguished. They are linked with the Holocene advances of two glaciers, Renardbeen and Recherchebreen, mainly during the Little Ice Age. They constitute boundary zones between areas with different morphometric parameters: outer fjord and inner fjord. Moreover, taking into account geology and terrestrial geomorphology it was possible to describe paraglacial processes in this area. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/103306/PDF/Moskalik%20nowy.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/103306 PY - 2018 IS - No 1 EP - 125 KW - Arctic KW - Spitsbergen KW - marine geomorphometry KW - submarine landforms KW - glacial and paraglacial geomorphology KW - Svalbard A1 - Moskalik, Mateusz A1 - Zagórski, Piotr A1 - Łęczyński, Leszek A1 - Ćwiąkała, Joanna A1 - Demczuk, Piotr PB - Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee on Polar Research VL - vol. 39 DA - 2018.03.20 T1 - Morphological characterization of Recherchefjorden (Bellsund, Svalbard) using marine geomorphometry SP - 99 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/103306 T2 - Polish Polar Research ER -