Jökull - 01.12.1999, Qupperneq 88

"Rimmed-normal" kettle
A. Olszewski, P. Weckwerth, 1998
Figure 13. Two phases and their stages in the evolution of a rimmed-normal kettle (marking of lithofacies sets
A to J as on Figure 11: A-I.— Tveir mismunandi myndunarferlar jökulkerja.
Selfjall gorge, i.e. reach 6.6 m above the surround-
ing plain, (Rist, 1967) but it is unlikely that the wa-
ter level reached this height on the open plain. Fur-
thermore, aerial photographs from September 14th,
1955 do not register the presence of ílood water in
the kettle held. A phototon of this surface shows veg-
etation which could not have formed during 81 days.
This also shows that the kettle field formed prior to
1955. It should be emphasized that other kettle fields
generated following the 1918 jökulhlaup exist. How-
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