The response of a glacier to a surface disturbance: a case study on Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Aðalgeirsdóttir, Guðefinna, Gudmundsson, Hilmar, Björnsson, Helgi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: International Glaciological Society 2000
• Subjects: F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Vatnajökull; Annals of Glaciology; glacier; Ice cap; Iceland
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/38036/; https://doi.org/10.3189/172756400781819914

In the course of a tremendous outburst flood (jökulhlaup) following the subglacial eruption in Vatnajökull, Iceland, in October 1996, a depression in the surface of the ice cap was created as a result of ice melting from the walls of a subglacial tunnel. The surface depression was initially approxim...