Fluid-pressure controlled soft-bed deformation sequence beneath the surging Breiðamerkurjökull (Iceland, Little Ice Age).

• Published in: Sedimentary Geology
• Main Authors: Denis, Michaël, Buoncristiani, Jean-François, Guiraud, Michel
• Other Authors: Biogéosciences UMR 6282 (BGS), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Study funded by a research allocation from the Ministère de l'Education Nationale, de la Recherche et de la Technologie, and by a research contract (“Région Bourgogne – UMR 5561 Biogéosciences – TOTAL n° 05 516 AA 013 S29, Interactions déglaciations, déformation et enregistrement stratigraphique”).
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2009
• Subjects: Subglacial deformation; Fluid pressure; Breiðamerkurjökull; Iceland; Clast-fabric analysis; [SDU.STU.TE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Tectonics; [SDU.STU.GL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Glaciology; [SDU.STU.ST]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Stratigraphy; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; glacier
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00423389; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.07.013

16 pages International audience The general subject of this paper is subglacial deformation beneath Breiðamerkurjökull, a surging Icelandic glacier. More specifically it discusses the evolution and the role of fluid pressure on the behaviour of subglacial sediments during deformation. During Little...