Glacier surges in Iceland, with special reference to the surges of Brúarjökull
The glacier surges that have occurred in Iceland since 1890 are listed, and the largest ones, those of Brúarjökull in 1890 and 1963–64, are described. The glacier area affected by the surges of Brúarjökull is about 1400 km 2 , the volume of ice and firn affected is about 700 km 3 , and the total adv...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/e69-089 2023-12-17T10:30:33+01:00 Glacier surges in Iceland, with special reference to the surges of Brúarjökull Thorarinsson, Sigurdur 1969 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e69-089 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e69-089 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences volume 6, issue 4, page 875-882 ISSN 0008-4077 1480-3313 General Earth and Planetary Sciences journal-article 1969 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/e69-089 2023-11-19T13:38:39Z The glacier surges that have occurred in Iceland since 1890 are listed, and the largest ones, those of Brúarjökull in 1890 and 1963–64, are described. The glacier area affected by the surges of Brúarjökull is about 1400 km 2 , the volume of ice and firn affected is about 700 km 3 , and the total advance of the glacier front is 8–10 km. The maximum rate of advance of the glacier front in 1963 was at least 5 m/hour. Brúarjökull's surges seem to occur with an interval of 70–100 years. Article in Journal/Newspaper glacier Iceland Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Brúarjökull ENVELOPE(-16.157,-16.157,64.682,64.682) Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 6 4 875 882 |
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The glacier surges that have occurred in Iceland since 1890 are listed, and the largest ones, those of Brúarjökull in 1890 and 1963–64, are described. The glacier area affected by the surges of Brúarjökull is about 1400 km 2 , the volume of ice and firn affected is about 700 km 3 , and the total advance of the glacier front is 8–10 km. The maximum rate of advance of the glacier front in 1963 was at least 5 m/hour. Brúarjökull's surges seem to occur with an interval of 70–100 years. |
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Glacier surges in Iceland, with special reference to the surges of Brúarjökull |
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Glacier surges in Iceland, with special reference to the surges of Brúarjökull |
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Glacier surges in Iceland, with special reference to the surges of Brúarjökull |
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Glacier surges in Iceland, with special reference to the surges of Brúarjökull |
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Glacier surges in Iceland, with special reference to the surges of Brúarjökull |
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glacier surges in iceland, with special reference to the surges of brúarjökull |
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