Jökulhlaups: their associated landforms and landscape impacts

• Main Author: Bernhardson, Martin
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap 2011
• Subjects: physical geography; geomorphology; Jökulhlaup; Sandur; Skeiðarársandur; naturgeografi; geomorfologi; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Dammen; glacier; Iceland
• Online Access: http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/2154389

Glacial outburst floods also known as jökulhlaups are important features connected with glaciers globally. They may induce catastrophic floods as well as new landforms. This review describes and synthesizes jökulhlaup trigger mechanisms as well as associated landforms and landscape impacts of jökulh...