Subglacial lakes and jökulhlaups in Iceland

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 255-271

  Björnsson, Helgi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Glaciers; Iceland; J kulhlaup; Subglacial lakes; Subglacial volcanoes

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL LAKE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; JOKULHLAUP; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOLCANISM;

ICELAND;

EID: 0037292313     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(02)00130-3     Document Type: Article

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