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Record #103203:

Observations on the drainage of an ice-dammed lake in West Greenland / Andrew J. Russell, John F. Aitken, Carmen de Jong.

Title: Observations on the drainage of an ice-dammed lake in West Greenland / Andrew J. Russell, John F. Aitken, Carmen de Jong.
Author(s): Russell, Andrew J.
Aitken, John F.
Jong, Carmen de.
Date: 1990.
In: Journal of Glaciology. (1990.), Vol. 36(122) (1990)
Abstract: Near Søndre Strømfjord. Drained suddenly during night of 15-16 July 1988. Main effects: collapse of adjacent moraine ridges, shearing of ice around tunnel mouth, rapid incision of lake bed, and transport of sediment from lake basin into glacier.
Notes:

Journal of Glaciology. Vol. 36(122) :72-74 (1990).

Keywords: 551.332.56 -- Lakes, ice-dammed. Glacial lakes. Disruption of water drainage.
E11 -- Glaciology: glaciohydrology.
(*38) -- Greenland.
(*384) -- West Greenland.
SPRI record no.: 103203

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