The Myrdalsjokull Ice Cap, Iceland
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The Myrdalsjokull Ice Cap, Iceland

Glacial Processes, Sediments and Landforms on an Active Volcano

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  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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The Myrdalsjokull Ice Cap, Iceland

Glacial Processes, Sediments and Landforms on an Active Volcano

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About this book

Lowland glaciers are usually considered the best analogs for formerly glaciated areas and as such, many Icelandic glaciers have been intensively investigated with regard to process-orientated sediment-landform interrelationships. The Mýrdalsjökull ice cap has, thus, served as an excellent "ice-age laboratory." Furthermore, a substantial effort has been directed toward understanding the interaction between volcanic activity and glacier response, such as meltwater outbursts (jökulhlaups) and sudden events of rapidly flowing glacier ice. The book reviews the following themes related to Mýrdalsjökull: glaciology, glacial and quaternary geology, sedimentology, tephrochronology and eruption history of Katla, and crustal movements. All authors are involved in research about the subglacial Katla volcano and Mýrdalsjökull.- Book covers all aspects of the ice cap and volcano dynamics- Comprehensive reviews with updated results- Editors and authors are well established scientists with research experience from Myrdalsjokull- Standard reference work for Myrdalsjokull

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Image
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Preface
  4. 1 The Mýrdalsjökull Ice Cap, Iceland: Glacial Processes, Sediments and Landforms on an Active Volcano: An Introduction
  5. 2 Katla and Eyjafjallajökull Volcanoes
  6. 3 Katla: Tephrochronology and Eruption History
  7. 4 Deglaciation and Holocene Glacial History of Iceland
  8. 5 Variations of Mýrdalsjökull during Postglacial and Historical Times
  9. 6 Ice-Marginal Environments: Geomorphic and Structural Genesis of Marginal Moraines at Mýrdalsjökull
  10. 7 Dead-Ice Environments: A Landsystems Model for a Debris-Charged, Stagnant Lowland Glacier Margin, Kötlujökull
  11. 8 Subglacial Environments, Sediments and Landforms at the Margins of Mýrdalsjökull
  12. 9 Evidence for Subglacial Deformation and Deposition during a Complete Advance-Stagnation Cycle of Kötlujökull, Iceland – A Case Study
  13. 10 Mýrdalsjökull's Forefields Under the Microscope. The Micromorphology of Meltout and Subglacial Tills
  14. 11 Volcanogenic Jökulhlaups (Glacier Outburst Floods) from Mýrdalsjökull: Impacts on Proglacial Environments