Grímsvötn subglacial lake
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Grímsvötn subglacial lake is a meltwater lake beneath Iceland’s Vatnajökull ice cap, closely associated with the highly active Grímsvötn volcano and periodic glacial outburst floods (jökulhlaups).
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
meltwater lake
ⓘ
subglacial lake ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Grímsvötn volcano
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
glacial outburst floods ⓘ |
| causes | jökulhlaups ⓘ |
| country | Iceland ⓘ |
| drainageStyle |
catastrophic outburst
ⓘ
episodic ⓘ |
| drainsTo |
Skeiðará river
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Skeiðarársandur outwash plain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| environment | subglacial ⓘ |
| fedBy |
geothermal melting
ⓘ
glacial meltwater ⓘ |
| forms | temporary subglacial water reservoir ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting |
Icelandic hotspot
ⓘ
mid-Atlantic Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageName | Icelandic ⓘ |
| hazardType | glacial outburst flood source ⓘ |
| heatedBy |
Grímsvötn volcano
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
geothermal activity ⓘ |
| hydrologicalType | subglacial meltwater reservoir ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
climate variability
ⓘ
ice dynamics ⓘ volcanic eruptions ⓘ |
| knownFor |
rapid water level changes
ⓘ
recurrent jökulhlaups ⓘ |
| locatedAbove | Grímsvötn magma chamber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Iceland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vatnajökull ice cap NERFINISHED ⓘ southeast Iceland ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Vatnajökull glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monitoring |
GPS measurements
ⓘ
geophysical measurements ⓘ ice-surface elevation changes ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Icelandic ⓘ |
| overlainBy |
Vatnajökull ice cap
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ice ⓘ |
| partOf |
Grímsvötn volcanic system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vatnajökull hydrological system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Vatnajökull National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
ice–volcano interactions
ⓘ
subglacial volcanism ⓘ |
| researchField |
glaciology
ⓘ
hydrology ⓘ volcanology ⓘ |
| riskFactorFor | flood hazards ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
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