Hydrologic and geomorphic effects of temporary ice‐dammed lake formation during jökulhlaups

• Published in: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
• Main Authors: Roberts, Matthew J., Tweed, Fiona S., Russell, Andrew J., Knudsen, Óskar, Harris, Timothy D.
• Other Authors: NERC, Staffordshire University, Icelandic Public Roads Administration, Icelandic Power Company
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2003
• Subjects: Dammed Lake; Marginal Lake; Sólheimajökull; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.476; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fesp.476; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/esp.476

Abstract Glacial outburst floods (jökulhlaups) occur frequently in glaciated environments, and the resultant flooding causes geomorphic change and, in some instances, damage to local infrastructure. During some jökulhlaups, floodwater is stored temporarily in ice‐marginal locations. In July 1999, a lin...