Volcanical and surficial process constraints on the formation of a lake basin in Jan Mayen, Norway

• Published in: Quaternary Science Advances
• Main Authors: Larsen, Eiliv, Lyså, Astrid, Björck, Svante, Ganerød, Morgan, Höskuldsson, Armann, van der Lelij, Roelant, Tassis, Georgios
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: Geology; Basin classification; Beach barrier; Glaciation; Lake basin formation; Volcanism and tectonism; Greenland; Norway; Jan Mayen; Nordlaguna; glacier; Greenland Sea
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/173fedc2-0dd3-439a-bd4e-f567aa268843; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2022.100058

The volcanic island of Jan Mayen, located in the Norwegian – Greenland Sea, has very few lake basins out of which only one, Lake Nordlaguna, holds a permanent lake throughout the year. The island is volcanic and has been glaciated, but the lake basin is not genetically typical for volcanic crater la...