The Geomorphological Legacy of the Rockslide and Outburst Flood in Steinsholtsdalur in 1967

• Main Author: Nathan E. Smail 1997-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Jarðfræði (námsgrein); Landmótunarfræði; Skriðuföll; Eyjafjallajökull; glacier; Ice cap; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/41515

High-magnitude floods are extreme geologic agents, transforming landscapes through erosion and deposition within a matter of minutes. On January 15th, 1967, a rockslide fell onto the Steinsholtsjökull outlet glacier and into its proglacial lake on the northern flank of the Eyjafjallajökull ice cap i...