Architecture and sedimentation of outwash fans in front of the Myrdalsjokull ice cap, Iceland

• Published in: Sedimentary Geology
• Main Authors: Kjaer, Kurt, Sultan, L, Kruger, J, Schomacker, Anders
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2004
• Subjects: Geology; sediment architecture; hochsander; outwash fans; supraglacial; Iceland; Myrdalsjokull; Plano; Ice cap
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/259802; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.08.002

In this study, we introduce the architecture and style of sedimentation of two outwash fans in front of the Myrdalsjokull ice cap, central south Iceland, that broaden different types of ice-marginal sedimentation. At Kotlujokull, a southeastern outlet of the ice cap, fan formation was monitored from...