Geomorphological map of Breiðamerkursandur 2018: the historical evolution of an active temperate glacier foreland

• Main Authors: Snævarr Guðmundsson (1384992), David J. A. Evans (7249193)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Medicine; Neuroscience; Biotechnology; Sociology; Cancer; Infectious Diseases; Computational Biology; Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified; Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified; Breiðamerkurjökull; glacial landsystem; sandur development; historical evolution; Breiðamerkursandur; Vatnajökull; glacier; Ice cap; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21804962.v1

We present a geomorphological map of Breiðamerkursandur, the outwash plain and foreland of Breiðamerkurjökull, an outlet glacier of the Vatnajökull ice cap, Southeast Iceland. We trace the glacial retreat of the glacier snout since its historical late nineteenth century Little Ice Age (LIA) maximum...