Architectural analysis of a volcaniclastic jökulhlaup deposit, southern Iceland: sedimentary evidence for supercritical flow

• Published in: Sedimentology
• Main Authors: DULLER, ROBERT A., MOUNTNEY, NIGEL P., RUSSELL, ANDREW J., CASSIDY, NIGEL C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2008
• Subjects: Iceland; Katla
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00931.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-3091.2007.00931.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00931.x

Abstract The 1918 eruption of the glacially capped Katla volcano, southern Iceland, generated a violent jökulhlaup, or glacial outburst flood, inundating a large area of Mýrdalssandur, the proglacial outwash plain, where it deposited ca 1 km 3 of volcaniclastic sediment. The character of the 1918 jö...