Weathering and riverine fluxes in pristine and controlled river catchments in Iceland

• Main Author: Eydís Salome Eiríksdóttir 1972-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Doktorsritgerðir; Hálslón; Jökulsá á Dal; Kárahnjúkar; Vatnajökull; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/23831

Anthropogenic water management has extensively altered the worlds’ river systems through impoundments and channel diversions to meet mankind’s increasing demand for water, energy, and transportation. One of these altered river systems is the, now dammed, glacial river Jökulsá á Dal in Eastern Icelan...