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Climatic control of the surge periodicity of an Icelandic outlet glacier

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

Surging outlet glaciers are important in draining large ice caps, but the mechanisms controlling surge periodicities are poorly known. We investigated a sediment sequence from the glacier-fed Lake Logurinn in eastern Iceland, and our unique annually resolved data, based on sedimentary varves, imply that Eyjabakkajokull, an outlet glacier of Vatnajokull, began surging about 2200 cal a BP (before 1950 AD). Approximately 1700 cal a BP, the glacier started to surge at a uniform 34- to 38-year periodicity that prevailed until the coldest part of the Little Ice Age when the periodicity almost halved to 21-23 years. Since the late 1800s the surge periodicity of Eyjabakkajokull has returned to a longer period of 35-40 years. We suggest that surge periodicities of Eyjabakkajokull are forced by climatically driven mass balance changes, which may be a common forcing factor for similar surge-type outlet glaciers. Copyright (C) 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Publiceringsår

2011

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

561-565

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volym

26

Issue

6

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Ämne

  • Geology
  • Water Engineering

Nyckelord

  • climate
  • glacial surge
  • Iceland
  • surge periodicity
  • varved lake
  • sediments

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1099-1417