Delineation of Glacier Drainage Basins on Western Vatnajokull
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- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by International Glaciological Society in Annals of Glaciology
- Vol. 8, 19-21
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0260305500001051
Abstract
Three ice-drainage basins on western Vatnajökull have been delineated with the aid of the first available, accurate ice-surface maps. These basins drain ice towards the major river systems: Tungnaá, Sylgja, and Kaldakvísl, There seems to be an important difference in the location of ice-drainage basins and melt water-drainage basins for the rivers Tungnaá and Sylgja. This is due to the influence of the bedrock topography on the flow of basal water.Keywords
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