Impact of Middle Pleistocene (Saalian) glacial lake-outburst floods on the meltwater-drainage pathways in northern central Europe: Insights from 2D numerical flood simulation

• Main Authors: Lang, Jörg, Alho, Petteri, Kasvi, Elina, Goseberg, Nils, Winsemann, Jutta
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: London : Elsevier Ltd. 2019
• Subjects: Glacial lake-outburst flood; Ice-dammed lakes; Meltwater-drainage systems; Middle pleistocene glaciations; Numerical flood simulation; Palaeotopography; Drainage; Floods; Glacial geology; Glaciers; Ice; Numerical models; Shear flow; Shear stress; Flood simulation; Glacial lake outburst flood; Ice-dammed lake; Meltwater drainage system; Middle Pleistocene; Lakes; flash flood; glacial lake; glaciation; ice margin; ice sheet; meltwater; outburst; paleotopography; peak discharge; Pleistocene; proglacial environment; Saalian; simulation; two-dimensional modeling; Atlantic Ocean; Central Europe; Germany; Netherlands; North Sea; ddc:550; Dammed Lake; Glacial Lake; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://www.repo.uni-hannover.de/handle/123456789/10549; https://doi.org/10.15488/10473

The terrestrial margins of the Middle Pleistocene ice sheets in northern central Europe were characterised by the formation of extensive ice-dammed lakes, which were controlled by the blockage of spillways by the ice margin. The largest ice-dammed lake had a volume of ∼224 km³ and formed in a late s...