Geographic Variation of Cirques on Iceland: Factors Influencing Cirque Morphology

• Main Authors: Ipsen, Heather A., Grube, Rachael E., Lee, Jessica F., Principato, Sarah M.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College 2017
• Subjects: Cirques; Iceland; climate record; glaciers; ice caps; Climate; Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment; Environmental Studies; Andresen; Vestfirðir; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/esfac/92; https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1097&context=esfac

Cirques are one of the most common glacial landforms in alpine settings. They also provide important paleoclimate information (e.g. Meierding 1984; Evans 2006). The purpose of this study is to fill in gaps in the climate record of Iceland by conducting a quantitative analysis of cirques in three reg...