Controls on the location, morphology and evolution of complex esker systems at decadal timescales, Breiðamerkurjökull, southeast Iceland

• Published in: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
• Main Authors: Storrar, Robert D., Evans, David J.A., Stokes, Chris R., Ewertowski, Marek
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons 2015
• Subjects: Breiðamerkurjökull; Iceland
• Online Access: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/12939/1/Submitted%20version.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3725

This paper uses detailed mapping of eskers to address three questions which are important for reconstructing meltwater behaviour beneath contemporary and ancient ice masses: ‘What controls the morphology of simple and complex esker systems?’, ‘How do esker systems evolve through time?’ and ‘Are eske...