Icelandic jökulhlaup impacts

• Main Authors: Russell, Andrew J., Fay, Helen, Marren, Philip M., TWEED, Fiona, Knudsen, Óskar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2005
• Subjects: F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Dammed Lake; Sandar; glacier; Iceland
• Online Access: http://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/1734/; https://doi.org/10.1016/S1571-0866(05)80009-0

Iceland contains the worlds largest and best-documented active glacial outwash plains or sandar that have been studied since the 19th century. Vigorous subglacial volcanic activity and the presence of numerous ice-dammed lakes, make Iceland the prime location for the study of glacier outburst floods...