Controls on the formation and sudden drainage of glacier-impounded lakes: implications for jokulhlaup characteristics
Over the past few years there has been an increase in understanding of glacier-impounded or ‘ice-dammed’ lake behaviour. The spectacular jökulhlaup (catastrophic flood) from Grímsvötn, Iceland in November 1996 has both raised the profile of such events and emphasized the need for awareness of the pr...
Published in: | Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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SAGE Publications
1999
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Online Access: | http://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/1741/ https://doi.org/10.1177/030913339902300104 |