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Jökulstíflud vötn á Kili og hamfarahlaup í Hvítá í Árnessýslu / Haukur Tómasson.
Title: | Jökulstíflud vötn á Kili og hamfarahlaup í Hvítá í Árnessýslu / Haukur Tómasson. |
Translated title: | Ice-dammed lakes at Kjölur and catastrophic floods in the Hvítá river, southern Iceland. |
Author(s): | Tómasson, Haukur. |
Date: | 1993. |
Language: | Icelandic. |
In: | Náttúrufraedingurinn. (1993.), Vol. 62(1-2) (1993) |
Abstract: | Author describes geomorphological evidence for catastrophic floods occurring near end of last glaciation in Hvítá river basin. Waters escaped through three passes and covered area many hundreds of kilometres square. |
Notes: | Náttúrufraedingurinn. Vol. 62(1-2) :77-98 (1993). English summary p.98, English captions. |
Keywords: | 551.324 -- Land ice. 551.324.65 -- Land ice, surges and catastrophic changes. 551.331.5 -- Glacial erosion and protection. Sub-glacial topography. 551.332.5 -- Glacial landforms. E7 -- Glaciology: glacial geology and ice ages. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*35) -- Iceland. |
SPRI record no.: | 126820 |
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