The Myrdalsjokull Ice Cap, Iceland

Glacial Processes, Sediments and Landforms on an Active Volcano

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• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN:
  9780444530455
• eBook ISBN:
  9780080932002
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Geology & Earth Sciences

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

Table of contents

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