Volcanical and surficial process constraints on the formation of a lake basin in Jan Mayen, Norway

• Published in: Quaternary Science Advances
• Main Authors: Eiliv Larsen, Astrid Lyså, Svante Björck, Morgan Ganerød, Armann Höskuldsson, Roelant van der Lelij, Georgios Tassis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: Lake basin formation; Basin classification; Volcanism and tectonism; Glaciation; Beach barrier; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation; G; Archaeology; CC1-960; Greenland; Jan Mayen; Nordlaguna; Norway; glacier; Greenland Sea
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2022.100058; https://doaj.org/article/9b28a96164ad4448a8b76cb089a74a05

The volcanic island of Jan Mayen, located in the Norwegian – Greenland Sea, has very few lake basins out of which only one, Lake Nordlaguna, holds a permanent lake throughout the year. The island is volcanic and has been glaciated, but the lake basin is not genetically typical for volcanic crater la...