Mass-balance rates derived by mapping internal tephra layers in Mýrdalsjökull and Vatnajökull ice caps, Iceland

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Brandt, Ola, Björnsson, Helgi, Gjessing, Yngvar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Glaciological Society 2005
• Subjects: Mýrdalsjökull; Vatnajökull; Annals of Glaciology; glacier; ice core; Iceland
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/29245/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/29245/1/Brandt%20et.al.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3189/172756405781813078

Internal tephra layers of known age have been detected by radio-echo soundings within the Mýrdalsjökull and Vatnajökull ice caps in Iceland. Assuming steady state, the estimated strain rates since these isochrones were deposited on the glacier surface have been used to calculate past average specifi...