Annals of Glaciology 45 2007 163 Cauldron subsidence and subglacial floods

ABSTRACT. Ice cauldrons are depressions which form at the surface of ice sheets when an underlying subglacial lake empties, in particular when subglacial volcanic eruptions occur. Notable examples of such cauldrons occur on the surface of the Vatnajökull ice cap in Iceland. More generally, cauldrons...

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Main Authors: G. W. Evatt, A. C. Fowler
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