Controls on the formation and sudden drainage of glacier-impounded lakes : implications for jökulhlaup characteristics

Auteurs :
TWEED, F.S.
RUSSELL, A.J.

Description :
This review summarizes and clarifies the current state of knowledge of glacier-impounded or ice-dammed lake behaviour, and presents a simple model of the key aspects and implications of ice-dammed lake drainage. The core of the article examines the relationship between controls on ice-dammed lake drainage and glacier outburst flood or jökulhlaup character.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Progress in physical geography, issn : 0309-1333, 1999, vol. 23, n°. 1, p. 79-110, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 5 p.

Date :
1999

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, London, Sage Publications