Transport of volcanic tephra layers in glaciers: a case study at Mýrdalsjökull, Iceland

• Main Authors: Jarosch, Alexander H., Magnússon, Eyjólfur
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Ice Flow; Numerical Simulation; Englacial Transport; Katla; Mýrdalsjökull; glacier; Ice cap; Iceland
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/7108369; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7108369

Volcanic eruptions regularly deposit extended tephra layers on glacier surfaces. Iceland with its rich and well studies volcanic history (Larsen et al. 1998) is an ideal study site for transport mechanisms within glaciers. For the work presented here, we choose the Mýrdalsjökull ice cap, with its pr...