Ice-Marginal Environments: Geomorphic and Structural Genesis of Marginal Moraines at Mýrdalsjökull

Johannes Krüger; A. Schomacker; Ívar Örn Benediktsson

doi:10.1016/s1571-0866(09)01306-2

Ice-Marginal Environments: Geomorphic and Structural Genesis of Marginal Moraines at Mýrdalsjökull

Johannes Krüger, A. Schomacker, Ívar Örn Benediktsson

Geosciences and Natural Resource Management

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Ridge-shaped ice-marginal moraines paralleling the glacier margin are produced during glacier advances or stillstands, or they are formed by limited winter re-advances during overall glacier retreat. As ice-marginal moraines outline the configuration of glaciers, they are useful when interpreting modern glacial landsystems or reconstructing ancient glacial environments. At Mýrdalsjökull, glacier fluctuations allowed studies of ice-marginal moraine formation during the glacier advance in the 1980s. Ice-marginal moraines display wide variety of geomorphic and structural types reflecting the glacier dynamics and different sedimentary and topographic conditions of the forefields. It is intriguing that without having observed the active ice-marginal moraine genesis year by year, most of the resulting moraine ridges now found in the glacier forefield would have been misinterpreted.

We review processes and implications of ice-marginal moraine formation along the margins of Kötlujökull and Sléttjökull, two major outlets from the Mýrdalsjökull ice cap. In addition, we focus on some of the most prominent neoglacial ice-marginal moraines in glacier forefields surrounding Mýrdalsjökull.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Mýrdalsjökull Ice Cap, Iceland. Glacial Processes, Sediments and Landforms on an Active Volcano
Editors	A Schomacker, Johannes Krüger, Kurt H Kjær
Number of pages	26
Place of Publication	Amsterdam and Oxford
Publisher	Elsevier
Publication date	2010
Pages	79-104
Chapter	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0-444-53045-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/s1571-0866(09)01306-2
Publication status	Published - 2010

Series	Developments in Quaternary Sciences
Volume	13
ISSN	1571-0866

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Krüger, J., Schomacker, A., & Benediktsson, Í. Ö. (2010). Ice-Marginal Environments: Geomorphic and Structural Genesis of Marginal Moraines at Mýrdalsjökull. In A. Schomacker, J. Krüger, & K. H. Kjær (Eds.), The Mýrdalsjökull Ice Cap, Iceland. Glacial Processes, Sediments and Landforms on an Active Volcano (pp. 79-104). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1571-0866(09)01306-2

Ice-Marginal Environments: Geomorphic and Structural Genesis of Marginal Moraines at Mýrdalsjökull. / Krüger, Johannes; Schomacker, A.; Benediktsson, Ívar Örn.
The Mýrdalsjökull Ice Cap, Iceland. Glacial Processes, Sediments and Landforms on an Active Volcano. ed. / A Schomacker; Johannes Krüger; Kurt H Kjær. Amsterdam and Oxford: Elsevier, 2010. p. 79-104 (Developments in Quaternary Sciences, Vol. 13).

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Krüger, J, Schomacker, A & Benediktsson, ÍÖ 2010, Ice-Marginal Environments: Geomorphic and Structural Genesis of Marginal Moraines at Mýrdalsjökull. in A Schomacker, J Krüger & KH Kjær (eds), The Mýrdalsjökull Ice Cap, Iceland. Glacial Processes, Sediments and Landforms on an Active Volcano. Elsevier, Amsterdam and Oxford, Developments in Quaternary Sciences, vol. 13, pp. 79-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1571-0866(09)01306-2

Krüger J, Schomacker A, Benediktsson ÍÖ. Ice-Marginal Environments: Geomorphic and Structural Genesis of Marginal Moraines at Mýrdalsjökull. In Schomacker A, Krüger J, Kjær KH, editors, The Mýrdalsjökull Ice Cap, Iceland. Glacial Processes, Sediments and Landforms on an Active Volcano. Amsterdam and Oxford: Elsevier. 2010. p. 79-104. (Developments in Quaternary Sciences, Vol. 13). doi: 10.1016/s1571-0866(09)01306-2

Krüger, Johannes ; Schomacker, A. ; Benediktsson, Ívar Örn. / Ice-Marginal Environments: Geomorphic and Structural Genesis of Marginal Moraines at Mýrdalsjökull. The Mýrdalsjökull Ice Cap, Iceland. Glacial Processes, Sediments and Landforms on an Active Volcano. editor / A Schomacker ; Johannes Krüger ; Kurt H Kjær. Amsterdam and Oxford : Elsevier, 2010. pp. 79-104 (Developments in Quaternary Sciences, Vol. 13).

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