Dynamics and glacial history of the Drangajökull ice cap, Northwest Iceland

• Main Author: Brynjólfsson, Skafti
• Other Authors: Anders Schomacker, Ólafur Ingólfsson, Jarðvísindadeild (HÍ), Faculty of Earth Sciences (UI), Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Science and Technology; University of Iceland 2015
• Subjects: Jöklafræði; Setmyndun; Landmótun; Drangajökull; Doktorsritgerðir; glacier; Ice cap; Ice Sheet; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/154

This thesis describes the glacial history, glacier dynamics, sediments and landforms of the Drangajökull ice cap as well as the glacial history and dynamics of the eastern Vestfirðir peninsula in northwest Iceland from the Late Weichselian until present. The aim was to reconstruct and improve the pr...