Bergur Einarsson (September 2009). "Jökulhlaups in Skaftá: A study of a jökulhlaup from the Western Skaftá cauldron in the Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland" (PDF)...
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Ice cauldron (section Skaftárkatlar (Skaftá cauldrons))
2015. The eastern Skaftá cauldron had accumulated meltwater in this case during around 5 years. It was discharged down the Skaftá river in September...
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Ölfusá (the Icelandic river with the greatest flow) Rangá [ˈrauŋkˌauː] Skaftá Skeiðará Skógá [ˈskouː(ɣ)ˌauː] Sog Þjórsá (the longest river in Iceland...
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[ˈʏksaˌtʰɪntar̥] , "oxen peaks") is a mountain ridge with three peaks in the southern Highlands of Iceland by the craters of Laki and the Skaftá river....
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sometimes referred to in Icelandic as the Skaftáreldur, Skaftá Fires) Lava flowed along Skaftá river valley and Hverfisfljót, down into the lowlands and...
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millennium. The eruption, also known as the Skaftáreldar [ˈskaftˌauːrˌɛltar̥] ("Skaftá fires") or Síðueldur [ˈsiːðʏˌɛltʏr̥] produced an estimated 14 km3 (18×10^9 cu yd)...
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to be formed by geothermal activity as found in the eastern and western Skaftá ice cauldrons and Grímsvötn. From a volcanic eruption underneath a glacier...
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eruption of Iceland's history was the so-called Skaftáreldar (fires of Skaftá) in 1783-1784. The eruption was in the crater row Lakagígar (craters of...
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water, namely Skorradalsvatn (see below), Kleifarvatn, and the Hvítá and Skaftá Rivers. Accounts of a serpent sitting on gold, the poisonous skate, and...
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that can use sulfur and iron for anaerobic respiration. In the western Skaftá lake, the anoxic bottom waters appear to be dominated by acetate-producing...
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its source Systravatn. To the south of Systrafoss runs the glacial river Skaftá. Both the waterfall and Systravatn take their name from the sisters of the...
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the 2002 glacial flood on dissolved and suspended chemical fluxes in the Skaftá river, Iceland" (PDF). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 301:...
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between 1703 and 1784. The major of these catastrophes, the so-called "Skaftá Fires" – volcanic eruptions in the Laki volcanic rifts which lasted for...
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most important of which are Hólmsá, Tungufljót and Eldvatn. An arm of the Skaftá also flows into the Kúðafljót. The mean water volume is 230 m³/s. The lowest...
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Skeiðarársandur outwash plain or affecting the Djúpá, Hverfisfljót, or Skaftá rivers. There is both a mechanical interaction encouraging dyke propagation...
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