Breaking the seal at Grimsvotn, Iceland

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 45, Issue 151, 1999, Pages 506-516

  Fowler, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; JOKULHLAUP; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

ICELAND; VATNAJOKULL;

EID: 0033512925     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022143000001362     Document Type: Article

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