Controls on the sedimentology of an ice-contact jökulhlaup-dominated delta, Kangerlussuaq, west Greenland
This paper characterises the sedimentary impact of a glacial outburst flood or 'jökulhlaup' on an ice-contact delta topset at Russell Glacier, Kangerlussuaq, west Greenland. Rapid drainage of an ice-dammed lake in July 1987 generated a jökulhlaup with a peak discharge of ∼ 1300m3 s- 1, w...
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2007
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| Online Access: | https://eprint.ncl.ac.uk/fulltext.aspx?url=75624/1C944B6E-694D-43A5-8A2D-60F128FA2457.pdf&pub_id=75624 |