Morphometric Analysis of Ice Scour Lakes in Iceland: A Proxy for Ice Sheet Dynamics

• Published in: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
• Main Authors: Mastro, Halley M., Principato, Sarah M., Sobel, Ilana B., Benediktsson, Ãvar O., Aradóttir, Nína
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College 2023
• Subjects: GIS; glacial erosion; ice scour lake; Iceland; paleo-ice stream; Environmental Sciences; Geographic Information Sciences; Glaciology; Hydrology; Ice cap; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/esfac/123; https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5693

Glacial erosion rates on the Iceland landscape throughout the Pleistocene are not well quantified. Ice scour lakes provide an opportunity to investigate glacial erosive activity and relative intensity because they commonly form in areas beneath ice sheets due to intense quarrying. This study evaluat...