Climatic control of the surge periodicity of an Icelandic outlet glacier

• Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
• Main Authors: Striberger, Johan, Björck, Svante, Benediktsson, Ívar Örn, Snowball, Ian, Uvo, Cintia B., Ingólfsson, Ólafur, Kjær, Kurt H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2011
• Subjects: Eyjabakkajökull; Vatnajökull; glacier; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1527; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjqs.1527; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jqs.1527

Abstract Surging outlet glaciers are important in draining large ice caps, but the mechanisms controlling surge periodicities are poorly known. We investigated a sediment sequence from the glacier‐fed Lake Lögurinn in eastern Iceland, and our unique annually resolved data, based on sedimentary varve...