Discussion of ‘Field evidence and hydraulic modeling of a large Holocene jökulhlaup at Jökulsá á Fjöllum channel, Iceland’ by Douglas Howard, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach and Timothy Beach, 2012

• Published in: Geomorphology
• Main Authors: Carrivick, Jonathan L., TWEED, Fiona, Carling, Paul, Alho, Petteri, Marren, Philip M., Staines, Kate, Russell, Andrew J., Rushmer, E. Lucy, Duller, Robert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2013
• Subjects: F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Jökulsá á Fjöllum; Iceland
• Online Access: http://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/1724/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.10.024

This paper discusses Howard et al. (2012) who reconstruct the peak discharge of a glacial outburst flood, or ‘jökulhlaup’, for part of the Jökulsá á Fjöllum in north-central Iceland. They propose that this flood was the largest on Earth. We consider that the magnitude of the jökulhlaup proposed by H...