Reconstructing glacial outburst floods (jökulhlaups) from geomorphology: challenges, solutions, and an enhanced interpretive framework

• Main Authors: Greta Wells, Andrew Dugmore, Timothy Beach, Edwin Baynes, Þorsteinn Sæmundsson, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Uncategorized; Geography; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Environmental Science and Management; Arctic; Glacial Lake
• Online Access: https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Reconstructing_glacial_outburst_floods_j_kulhlaups_from_geomorphology_challenges_solutions_and_an_enhanced_interpretive_framework/16996936

Glacial outburst floods (jökulhlaups) have been significant drivers of landscape change across Earth throughout the Quaternary and are a contemporary hazard in Arctic and alpine regions worldwide. Geomorphologic evidence is a foundation for reconstructing past and contemporary flood events and using...