Sedimentological and geomorphological impacts of the jökulhlaup (glacial outburst flood) in January 2002 at Kverkfjöll, northern Iceland

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-53

  Rushmer, Eleanor Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Flood impacts; Glacial outburst flood; Iceland; J kulhlaup; Natural hazards

Indexed keywords

JOKULHLAUP;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 33644872451     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.2006.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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