Paleoecological Studies of a Holocene Lacustrine Record from the Kangerlussuaq (Søndre Strømfjord) Region of West Greenland

Effects of ice-front collapse and flood

Effects of ice-front collapse and flood generation on a proglacial river channel near kangerlussuaq (Søndre Strømfjord), west greenland

✍ Andrew J. Russell; Frank G. M. Van Tatenhove; Roderik S. W. Van De Wal 📂 Article 📅 1995 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 962 KB

River discharge measurements downstream of the Russell Glacier, near Kangerlussuaq (Ssndre Strsmfjord), West Greenland revealed the occurrence of short-term discharge fluctuations during the 1991 melt season. Frontal ice-cliff collapse results in temporary river damming, producing initial decreases