Recent occurrence of large jökulhlaups at Lake Tuborg, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut.

• Published in: Journal of Paleolimnology
• Main Authors: Lewis, Ted, Francus, Pierre, Bradley, Raymond S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: jökulhlaup; varve; ice-dammed lake; Canadian High Arctic; lake processes; Agassiz Ice Cap; Arctic; Arctic Lake; Dammed Lake; Ellesmere Island; Lake Tuborg; Nunavut; Ice cap
• Online Access: https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/10762/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-008-9240-4

The varved sediment record from glacially-fed Lake Tuborg, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, shows that only three large jökulhlaups have occurred there in the last millennium: 2003, 1993, and 1960. Detailed analyses of sediment microstructure and particle size, combined with in-situ hydrometeorological an...