Instantaneous end moraine and sediment wedge formation during the 1890 glacier surge of Brúarjökull, Iceland

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Benediktsson, Ivar, Möller, Per, Ingólfsson, Ólafur, van der Meer, Jaap, Kjær, Kurt, Krüger, Johannes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2008
• Subjects: Geology; Brúarjökull; Moraine Ridge; glacier; Iceland
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/620324; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.10.007

Contemporary understanding of the behaviour of surging glaciers and ice streams is hampered by the lack of data on landsystem evolution and sedimentary environments. This study concerns the ice-marginal environment of the surge-type Brúarjökull in Iceland. The sediment distribution in the glacier fo...