Glacial processes, sediments, landforms, and stratigraphy in the terminus region of Myrdalsjökull, Iceland : two interdisciplinary case studies / Johannes Krüger
- Author:
- Krüger, Johannes
- Additional Titles:
- Myrdalsjökull, Iceland
- Published:
- København : C.A. Reitzel ; Esbjerg : Rosendahls Bogtrykkeri, 1994.
- Physical Description:
- 233 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Series:
- Language Note:
- Summary in Danish.
- Contents:
- THE MYRDALSJOKULL AREA: Hardrock geology -- General topography -- Glacier characteristics -- Glacier bursts -- Regional climate -- TERMINOLOGY AND METHODS: Terminology -- Methods of analysis -- THE TERMINUS REGION OF SLETTJOKULL: Geomorphology of the study area -- Sedimentology of the subglacial till -- Processes of subglacial till deposition -- Transformation of the ground moraine -- Lithostratigraphy of the ground moraine -- Morphostratigraphy of the ground moraine -- A frontal moraine ridge under formation -- Genesis of the terminoglacial landsystem -- Glacial history and landscape evolution -- THE TERMINUS REGION OF KOTLUJOKULL: General geomorphology -- Geomorphology of the study area -- Processes of supraglacial deposition -- Deposits of supraglacial environments -- Development of the supraglacial landsystem -- Push-moraine formation and associated features -- PROCESS-SEDIMENT-LANDFORM MODELS: Glacier advance -- Glacier retreat -- Superposition of landsystems.
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- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-233).
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