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...
Published in: | Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1969
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e69-089 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e69-089 |