Controls on the formation and sudden drainage of glacier-impounded lakes: implications for jokulhlaup characteristics

• Published in: Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment
• Main Authors: TWEED, Fiona, Russell, A. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: SAGE Publications 1999
• Subjects: F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Dammed Lake; glacier; Iceland
• Online Access: http://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/1741/; https://doi.org/10.1177/030913339902300104

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...