Meltwater flow through a rapidly deglaciating glacier and foreland catchment system: Virkisjökull, SE Iceland

Meltwater flow through a rapidly deglaciating glacier and foreland catchment system: Virkisjökull, SE Iceland

Virkisjökull is a rapidly retreating glacier in south-east Iceland. A proglacial lake has formed in the last ten years underlain by buried ice. In this study we estimate water velocities through the glacier, proglacial foreland and proglacial river using tracer tests and continuous meltwater flow me...

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Main Authors: Verity Flett, Louise Maurice, Andrew Finlayson, Andrew R. Black, Alan M. MacDonald, Jez Everest, Martin P. Kirkbride
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IWA Publishing 2017-12-01
Series:Hydrology Research
Subjects:
buried ice
dye tracing
iceland
proglacial area
virkisjökull
Online Access:http://hr.iwaponline.com/content/48/6/1666

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