Public perception of jokulhlaup hazard and risk in Iceland: implications for community education

• Main Authors: Deanne Bird, Gudrun Gisladottir, Dale Dominey-Howes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Katla; Dammed Lake; glacier; Iceland
• Online Access: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=24985

Recent studies indicate that large prehistoric jokulhlaup have flooded west from Myrdalsjokull glacier along the Markarfljot River, south Iceland. This new evidence coupled with an increase in seismicity in the Katla caldera, the underlying volcano of Myrdalsjokull, has highlighted a possible risk t...