@inbook{e9556f1ab81f4434855cbbc1db66769b,
title = "6 Ice-Marginal Environments: Geomorphic and Structural Genesis of Marginal Moraines at M{\'y}rdalsj{\"o}kull",
abstract = "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 M{\'y}rdalsj{\"o}kull, 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 K{\"o}tluj{\"o}kull and Sl{\'e}ttj{\"o}kull, two major outlets from the M{\'y}rdalsj{\"o}kull ice cap. In addition, we focus on some of the most prominent neoglacial ice-marginal moraines in glacier forefields surrounding M{\'y}rdalsj{\"o}kull.",
keywords = "annual moraines, climate, end moraine, glacio-tectonics, ice-marginal",
author = "Johannes Kr{\"u}ger and Anders Schomacker and \{{\"O}rn Benediktsson\}, {\'I}var",
note = "Funding Information: We are grateful for financial support from The Danish Natural Science Research Council and the Carlsberg Foundation for research at K{\"o}tluj{\"o}kull and Sl{\'e}ttj{\"o}kull and from The University of Iceland research fund and Nordvulk for research at S{\'o}lheimaj{\"o}kull.",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1016/S1571-0866(09)01306-2",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780444530455",
series = "Developments in Quaternary Science",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd.",
pages = "79--104",
booktitle = "The Myrdalsjokull Ice Cap, Iceland. Glacial processes, sediments and landforms on an active volcano",
address = "United Kingdom",
}