• ISBN13: 9780444530455
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Earth-Science/Environment
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publisher Imprint: Elsevier
• Publication Date: June 4, 2010
• Pages: 250
• Original Price: USD 230.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 885 grams

About the Book Lowland glaciers are usually considered the best analogs for formerly glaciated areas and as such, many Icelandic glaciers have been intensively investigated with regard to process-orientated sediment-landform interrelationships. The M�rdalsj�kull ice cap has, thus, served as an excellent "ice-age laboratory." Furthermore, a substantial effort has been directed toward understanding the interaction between volcanic activity and glacier response, such as meltwater outbursts (j�kulhlaups) and sudden events of rapidly flowing glacier ice. The book reviews the following themes related to M�rdalsj�kull: glaciology, glacial and quaternary geology, sedimentology, tephrochronology and eruption history of Katla, and crustal movements. All authors are involved in research about the subglacial Katla volcano and M�rdalsj�kull.