THE INITIATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF A JÖKULHLAUP FROM THE SUBGLACIAL LAKE BENEATH THE WESTERN SKAFTÁ CAULDRON IN THE VATNAJÖKULL ICE CAP, ICELAND

• Main Authors: Bergur Einarsson, Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson, Tómas Jóhannesson, Icelandic Meteorological Office
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Vatnajökull; The Cauldron; Skaftá; glacier; Ice cap; Ice Shelf; Iceland
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.580.9699; http://www.vedur.is/media/vedurstofan/utgafa/greinargerdir/2009/Einarsson_The_initiation_and_development_of_a_jokulhlaup.pdf

Results from investigations of a jökulhlaup from the subglacial lake beneath the Western Skaftá cauldron in the Vatnajökull ice cap are reported. Following thermal drilling into the lake in June 2006, the lake temperature was measured and the elevation of the ice shelf covering the lake recorded wit...