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Publications on the glaciology of Vatnajökull. This list will be updated regularly.

IntroductionHydrology
GeometryGlacio-meteorology
Mass balanceErosion
FlowWater balance
SurgesHistorical fluctuations
Satellite dataSurface and internal ash layers
Dating of iceEffect of eruptions on glacier flow
Volcanology, Geothermal areas

Last updated 1/July ´99

Introduction

Árnason, B., 1976: Groundwater systems in Iceland traced by deuterium. Rit 42, Societas Scientiarum Islandica, 236 pp.

Árnason, B., H. Björnsson, and P. Theodórsson, 1972: Mechanical drill for deep coring in temperate ice. Journal of Glaciology, 67: 133-139.

Björnsson H.: Hugleiðingar um jöklarannsóknir á Íslandi. Jökull 1970, 20, 15-26.

Björnsson H.: The surface area of glaciers in Iceland. Jökull 1978, 28, 31.

Björnsson H.: Glaciers in Iceland. Jökull 1979, 29, 74-80.

Eyþórsson, J., 1957: Vatnajökulsför 1957. Jökull, 7: 42-45.

Eyþórsson, J., 1960: Vatnajökulsleiðangur vori› 1960. Jökull, 10: 25-26.

Helland, H., 1883a: Om Islands Jökler og om Jökelelvenes Vandmængde og Slamgehalt. Archiv for Mathematik og Naturvidenskab,. 7: 200-232. Kristiania.

Jóhannsson, M., 1959: Haustferð á Vatnajökul 1959. Jökull, 9: 41-42.

Koch, J. P., 1912: Rejsen tværsover Island i Juni 1912. Geografisk Tidsskrift, 21: 257-264.

Paijkull, C. W., 1866: En sommar på Island. Stockholm. 348 pp.

Pálsson, S., 1883: Physisk, geografisk og historisk beskrivelse af de islandske Isbjerge. (written in 1794, published by A. Helland in Den norske Turistforenings Årbok 1882-1883, 116 pp.).

Sæmundsson, K., 1979: Outline of the geology of Iceland. Jökull, 29: 7-28.

Thoroddsen, ?., 1892: Islands Jökler i Fortid og Nutid. Geografisk Tidsskrift, XI: 111-146.

Thoroddsen, ?., 1905/06: Island, Grundriss der Geographie und Geologie. Petermanns Mitteilungen, 152: 1-161, 153: 162-358.

Thoroddsen, ?., 1915: Vulkaniske Udbrud i Vatnajökull paa Island. Geografisk Tidskrift, 23: 118-132.

Wadell, H., 1920: Vatnajökull. Some studies and observations from the greatest glacial area in Iceland. Geografiska Annaler, 4: 300-323.

Þórarinsson, S., 1937: The main geological and topographical features of Iceland. Geografiska Annaler, 19: 161-175.

Geometry

Björnsson, H., 1977a: Könnun á jöklum með rafsegulbylgjum (Radio echo sounding of temperate glaciers) Náttúrufræðingurinn, 47 (3-4): 184-194.

Björnsson, H., R. L. Ferrari, K. J. Miller, and G. Owen, 1977: A 1976 radio echo sounding expedition to the Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland. Polar Record, 115: 375-377.

Björnsson H.: Surface and bedrock topography of ice caps in Iceland mapped by radio echo soundings. Annals of Glaciology, vol. 8, 11-18.

Björnsson H.: Hydrology of ice caps in volcanic regions. Vísindafélag Íslendinga, rit 45, 139 s, 21 maps in a separate cover.

Björnsson H., Pállsson F.: Vatnajökull, norðausturhluti, 1:100 000 Gagnasafnskort. Data source map. Raunvísindastofnun Háskólans og Landsvirkjun, 1991.

Björnsson H., Pállsson F.: Vatnajökull, norðausturhluti, 1:100 000. Jökulyfirborð. Glacier surface. Raunvísindastofnun Háskólans og Landsvirkjun, 1991.

Björnsson H., Pállsson F.: Vatnajökull, norðausturhluti, 1:100 000. Jökulbotn. Subglacial surface. Raunvísindastofnun Háskólans og Landsvirkjun, 1991.

Björnsson H., Pállsson F.: Vatnajökull, norðausturhluti, 1:100 000. Ísþykkt. Ice thickness. Raunvísindastofnun Háskólans og Landsvirkjun, 1991.

Björnsson H., Pállsson F.: Vatnajökull, norðausturhluti, 1:100 000. Ísaskil. Ice divides. Raunvísindastofnun Háskólans og Landsvirkjun, 1991.

Björnsson H., Pállsson F.: Vatnajökull, norðausturhluti, 1:100 000. Mættislínur. Water head potential. Raunvísindastofnun Háskólans og Landsvrikjun 1991.

Björnsson H., Pállsson F.: Vatnajökull, norðausturhluti, 1:100 000. Vatnaskil. Water divides. Raunvísindastofnun Háskólans og Landsvirkjun, 1991.

Björnsson H., Pállsson F.: Vatnajökull, norðausturhluti, 1:100 000. Ísa- og vatnaskil. Ice- and water divides. Raunvísindastofnun Háskólans og Landsvirkjun, 1991.

Björnsson H., Pállsson F.: Vatnajökull, norðvesturhluti, 1:100 000 Gagnasafnskort. Data source map. Raunvísindastofnun Háskólans og Landsvirkjun, 1992.

Björnsson H., Pállsson F., M.T. Guðmundsson: Vatnajökull, norðvesturhluti, 1:100 000. Jökulyfirborð. Glacier surface. Raunvísindastofnun Háskólans og Landsvirkjun, 1992.

Björnsson H., Pállsson F., M.T. Guðmundsson: Vatnajökull, norðvesturhluti, 1:100 000. Jökulbotn. Subglacial surface. Raunvísindastofnun Háskólans og Landsvirkjun, 1992.

Björnsson H., Pállsson F., M.T. Guðmundsson: Vatnajökull, norðvesturhluti, 1:100 000. Ísþykkt. Ice thickness. Raunvísindastofnun Háskólans og Landsvirkjun, 1992.

Björnsson H., Pállsson F., M.T. Guðmundsson: Vatnajökull, norðvesturhluti, 1:100 000. Ísaskil. Ice divides. Raunvísindastofnun Háskólans og Landsvirkjun, 1992.

Björnsson H., Pállsson F., M.T. Guðmundsson: Vatnajökull, norðvesturhluti, 1:100 000. Mættislínur. Water head potential. Raunvísindastofnun Háskólans og Landsvirkjun, 1992.

Björnsson H., Pállsson F., M.T. Guðmundsson: Vatnajökull, norðvesturhluti, 1:100 000. Vatnaskil. Water divides. Raunvísindastofnun Háskólans og Landsvirkjun, 1992.

Björnsson H., Pállsson F., M.T. Guðmundsson: Vatnajökull, norðvesturhluti, 1:100 000. Ísa- og vatnaskil. Ice- and water divides. Raunvísindastofnun Háskólans og Landsvirkjun, 1992.

Eyþórsson J., 1951: Þykkt Vatnajökuls (The thickness of Vatnajökull). Jökull, 1: 1-6.

Eyþórsson J., 1952: Landið undir Vatnajökli. Jökull, 2: 1-4.

Ferrari, R. L., K. J. Miller, and G. Owen, 1976: The 1976 Cambridge-Reykjavík Universities Expedition to Vatnajökull, Iceland. Special Report No. 5, Dept. of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge. (mimeographed). 62 p.

Holtzscherer, J. J., 1954: Expedition Franco-Islandaise au Vatnajökull, mars-avril 1951. Resultats des sondages seismiques. Jökull, 4: 1-33.

J. Oerlemans, H. Björnsson, M. Kuhn, F. Obleitner, F. Pálsson, H F. Vugts and J. de Wolde: A glacio-meteorological experiment on Vatnajökull, Iceland. Boundary Layer Meteorology/ Vol. 92: 3-26, 1999.

Nørlund, N. E., 1944. Islands Kortlægning. En historisk fremstilling. Geodætisk Instituts Publikationer, VII, Ejnar Munksgaard, København. 110 p., and 170 maps.

Sigurðsson, S. Þ., 1970: Gravity Survey on Western Vatnajökull. Jökull, 20: 38-44.

Sverrisson, M., Æ. Jóhannesson, and H. Björnsson, 1980: Radio-echo equipment for depth sounding of temperate glaciers. Journal of Glaciology, 93: 477-485.

Þórarinsson, S., K. Sæmundsson, and R. S. Williams, Jr., 1973: ERTS-1 image of Vatnajökull. Analysis of glaciological, structural and volcanic features. Jökull, 23: 7-17.

Mass balance

Ahlmann, H. W., 1937: Vatnajökull in relation to other present-day Iceland glaciers. Geografiska Annaler, 19: 212-229.

Ahlmann, H. W., 1939: The regime of Hoffellsjökull. Geografiska Annaler, 21: 171-188.

Ahlmann, H. W., 1940: The relative influence of precipitation and temperature on glacier regime. Geografiska Annaler, 22: 188-205.

Ahlmann, H. W., and S. Þórarinsson, 1937a: Object, resources and general progress of the Swedish-Icelandic investigations. Geografiska Annaler, 19: 146-160.

Ahlmann, H. W., and S. Þórarinsson, 1937b: Previous investigations of Vatnajökull, marginal oscillations of its outlet-glaciers and general description of its morphology. Geografiska Annaler, 19: 176-211.

Ahlmann, H. W., and S. Þórarinsson, 1938: Vatnajökull. Scientific results of the Swedish-Icelandic investigations 1936-37-38. The ablation. Geografiska Annaler, 20: 171-233.

Ahlmann, H. W., and S. Þórarinsson, 1939: Vatnajökull. Scientific results of the Swedish-Icelandic investigations 1936-37-38. The accumulation. Geografiska Annaler, 21: 39-66.

Björnsson, H., 1971: Bægisárjökull, North-Iceland. Results of glaciological investigations 1967-1968. Part I. Mass balance and general meteorology. Jökull, 21: 1-23.

Björnsson H.: The winter balance in Grímsvötn, Vatnajökull, 1950-1985. Jökull 35, 107-109.

Björnsson H.: Hydrology of ice caps in volcanic regions. Vísindafélag Íslendinga, rit 45, 139 s, 21 maps in a separate cover.

Björnsson H., Pálsson F., Guðmundsson M.T., and Haraldsson H. H.: Mass balance of western and northern Vatnajökull, Iceland, 1991-1995. Jökull 45, 35-58.

Mass Balance of Arctic Glaciers. 1996 International Arctic Science Committee. Working Group on Arctic Glaciology. Iceland, bls. 25-29. IASC REPORT No. 5. Sosnowiec - Oslo 1996.

J. Dowdeswell, J. O. Hagen, H. Björnsson and 8 others: The mass balance of circum-Arctic glaciers and recent climate change. Quaternary Research 48, 1-14, 1997.

Björnsson, H., Pálsson F., Guðmundsson, M. T., and Haraldsson, H. H., 1998: Mass balance of western and northern Vatnajökull, Iceland, 1991-1995. Jökull, No. 45, 35-58.

Björnsson H.: Mass balance and meteorological observations on Vatnajökull. RH-02-97.

Björnsson H., Pálsson F. and Guðmundsson S.: Mass balance and meteorological observations on Vatnajökull 1997. RH-03-98. . 20 pp.

J. Oerlemans, H. Björnsson, M. Kuhn, F. Obleitner, F. Pálsson, H F. Vugts and J. de Wolde: A glacio-meteorological experiment on Vatnajökull, Iceland. Boundary Layer Meteorology, in press.

Theodórsson, P., 1970: Rannsóknir á Bárðarbungu 1969 og 1970. Jökull, 20: 1-14.

Þórarinsson, S., 1939a: Hoffellsjökull, its movement and drainage. Geografiska Annaler, 21: 189-215.

Flow

Björnsson H.: Hydrology of ice caps in volcanic regions. Vísindafélag Íslendinga, rit 45, 139 s, 21 maps in a separate cover.

Jónsson S., Nico A. and Björnsson H.: Effects of subglacial geothermal activity observed by satellite radar interferometry. 1998. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 25, No. 7, 1059-1062.

H. Björnsson, G. Hilmar Guðmundsson, G. Aðalgeirsdóttir: Flow modelling of a temperate ice cap, Vatnajökull Iceland. Research

Surges

Bjö:rnsson H., 1998: Hydrological characteristics of the drainage system beneath a surging glacier. Nature, Vol 395, 771-774.

Freysteinsson, S., 1984: Tungnárjökull-langskurðarmæling 1959-1979 (Tungnárjökull Profile Surveys 1959-1979). Jökull, 34: 131-139.

Satellite data

Jónsson S., Nico A. and Björnsson H., 1998: Effects of subglacial geothermal activity observed by satellite radar interferometry. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 25, No. 7, 1059-1062.

Dating of Ice

Larsen, G., Guðmundsson, M. T. and Bjornsson, H., 1998: Eight centuries of periodic volcanism at the center of the Icelandic hotspot revealed by glacier tephrostratigraphy. Geology, Vol. 26, No. 10, 943-946.

Volcanology, Geothermal areas

A. M. Ágústsdóttir, H. Björnsson, S. L. Brantley and M.T. Guðmundsson. Volatile release rates from the Grimsvötn volcano, Iceland. Water-rock interaction. Proceedings of the 7th international symposium on water-rock interaction. 1992, 465-468.

Ágústsdóttir A. M., and S. L. Brantley, Volatile fluxes integrated overfour decades at Grímsvötn volcano, Iceland. Journal of Geophysical Research 99, B5, 9,505­9,522, 1994

Ágústsdóttir A. M. Heat and volatile fluxes integrated over fourdecades at Grímsvötn volcano, Iceland. M. S. thesis, Pennsylvania State Univ., 84 pp, 1993.

Áskelsson, J., 1934: Síðasta eldgosið í Vatnajökli. Náttúrufræðingurinn, 4: 61-74.

Áskelsson, J., 1936a: On the last eruptions in Vatnajökull. Rit 18, Societas Scientiarum Islandica, 68 pp.

Áskelsson, J., 1936b: Investigations at Grímsvötn, Iceland, 1934-1935. The Polar Record, 11: 45-47.

Áskelsson, J., 1959: Skeiðarárhlaup og umbrotin í Grímsvötnum 1945. Jökull, 9: 22-29.

Bemmelen, R. W. van, and M. G. Rutten, 1955: Tablemountains of Northern Iceland. E. J. Brill, Leiden. 217 pp.

Björnsson H., Björnsson S and Sigurgeirsson Þ.: Geothermal effects of water penetrating onto hot rock boundaries of magma bodies. Geothermal Resources Council, Transactions. 1980,4, 13-15.

Björnsson H., Björnsson S. and Sigurgeirsson Þ.: Penetration of water into hot rock boundaries of magma at Grímsvötn. Nature 1982, 295,580-581.

Björnsson H.: Varmamælirinn í Grímsvötnum, eldvirkni, orsakir og eðli jarðhita. Eldur er í norðri. Reykjavík. Sögufélagið 1982, 139-144.

Björnsson H.: A natural calorimeter at Grímsvötn: indications of volcanicand geothermal activity. Jökull 1983, 33,13-18.

Björnsson H., Kristmannsdóttir H.: The Grímsvötn geothermal area, Vatnajökull, Iceland. Jökull 34, 25-50.

Björnsson H.: Hydrology of ice caps in volcanic regions. Vísindafélag Íslendinga, rit 45, 139 s, 21 maps in a separate cover.

Björnsson H. Einarsson P.: Volcanoes beneath Vatnajökull, Iceland: Evidence from radio echo-sounding, earthquakes and jökulhlaups. Jökull 40, 147-168.

Björnsson H., M.T. Guðmundsson: Variations in the thermal output of the subglacial Grímsvötn Caldera, Iceland. 1993. Geophysical Research Letters, 20,19, 2127- 2130.

Brandsdóttir B.: Seismic activity in Vatnajökull in 1900-1982, with special references to Skeidarárhlaups, Skaftárhlaups and Vatnajökull eruptions. Jökull, 34, 141-150, 1984.

Brantley S. L., Ágústsdóttir A. M., and G. L. Rowe. Crater lakes reveal volcanic heat and volatile fluxes. GSA Today 3, no. 7, 173­178, 1992.

Einarsson, G., 1946: Eldgos við Grímsvötn. In: Fjallamenn. Bókaútgáfa Guðjóns Ó. Guðjónssonar, Reykjavík. p. 47-62.

Einarsson, P., 1984: Abstract. XVIII General Assembly IUGG Inter-Disciplinary Symposia, Hamburg.

Einarsson, P., and B. Brandsdóttir, 1984: Seismic activity preceding and during the 1983 volcanic eruption in Grímsvötn, Iceland. Jökull, 34: 13-23.

Einarsson, P., and S. Björnsson, 1987: Jarðskjálftamælingar á Raunvísindastofnun Háskólans. In: Í hlutarins eðli. (Ed. Þ. I. Sigfússon), Menningarsjóður, Reykjavík. p. 251-278.

Einarsson P., Brandsdóttir B., Guðmundsson M.T., Björnsson H, Grönvold K. and Sigmundsson F.: Center of the Iceland Hotspot Experiences Volcanic Unrest. EOS, vol. 78, No. 35.

Grönvold, K., and H. Jóhannesson, 1984: Eruption in Grímsvötn 1983: course of events and chemical studies of the tephra. Jökull, 34: 1-11.

Guðmundsson M.T.: Ice-Volcano Interaction at the Subglacial Grímsvötn Volcano, Iceland. In: S.C. Colbeck (ed.): Glaciers, Ice Sheets and Volcanoes: A Symposium Honoring Mark Meier. In Press.

Guðmundsson M.T., Björnsson H.: Eruptions in Grímsvötn, Vatnajökull, Iceland, 1934-1991. Jökull, 1991, 41, 21-45.

Guðmundsson M.T., Björnsson H. and Pálsson F.: Changes in jökulhlaup sizes in Grímsvötn, Vatnajökull, Iceland, 1934-91, deduced from in- situ measurements of subglacial lake volume. Journal of Glaciology, Vol. 41, No. 138,1995, 263- 272.

Guðmundsson M.T., Sigmundsson F. and Björnsson H.: Ice-volcano interaction of the 1996 Gjálp subglacial eruption, Vatnajökull, Iceland. Nature, 389, 954-957, 1997.

Helland, H., 1883b: Om Vulkaner i og under Jökler på Island og om Jökulhlaup. Nordisk Tidskrift, 6: 368-387. (published by Letterstedtska Föreningen).

Jóhannesson, H., 1983: Gossaga Grímsvatna 1900-1983 í stuttu máli. Jökull, 33: 146-147. 1984: Grímsvatnagos 1933 og fleira frá Því ári. Jökull, 34: 151-158.

Jónsson S., Nico A. and Björnsson H.: Effects of subglacial geothermal activity observed by satellite radar interferometry. 1998. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 25, No. 7, 1059-1062.

Larsen, G., 1982: Gjóskutímabil Jökuldals og nágrennis. In: Eldur er í Norðri. (Eds. H. Þórarinsdóttir, Ó. H. Óskarsson, S. Steinþórsson, and Þ. Einarsson). Sögufélag, Reykjavík. p. 331-335.

Larsen, G., 1984: Recent volcanic history of the Veidivötn fissure swarm, southern Iceland-an approach to volcanic risk assessment. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 22: 33-58.

Larsen, G. M. T. Gudmundsson and H. Björnsson. 1996. Tephrastratigraphy of ablation areas of Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland. In: Glaciers, Ice Sheets and Volcanoes, CRREL Special Report: A tribute to Mark F. Meier. 96-27, 75-80. (ed. Colbeck, S. ).

Larsen, G. M. T. Gudmundsson and H. Björnsson 1998: Eight centuries of volcanism at the center of Iceland hotspot revealed by glacier tephrostratigraphy. In: Geology, October; v. 26; no. 10; p. 943-946

Nielsen, N., 1937a: Vatnajökull. Kampen mellem ild og is. H. Hagerup. København. 123 pp.

Nielsen, N., 1937b: A volcano under an ice-cap. Vatnajökull, Iceland, 1934-36. The Geographical Journal, 90: 6-23.

Sigurðsson, S., 1984: Grímsvatnaför. Útvarpserindi frá 1942. Jökull, 34: 180-185.

Sigvaldason, G. E. 1965: The Grímsvötn thermal area. Chemical analysis of jökulhlaup water. Jökull, 15: 125-128.

SteinÞórsson, S., 1977: Tephra layers in a drill core from the Vatnajökull ice cap. Jökull, 27: 2-17.

SteinÞórsson, S., and N. Óskarsson, 1983: Chemical monitoring of jökulhlaup water in Skeidará and the geothermal system in Grímsvötn, Iceland. Jökull, 33: 73-86.

Þórarinsson, S., 1967: Hekla and Katla. The share of acid and intermediate lava and tephra in the volcanic products through the geological history of Iceland. Iceland and Mid-ocean Ridges. (Ed. S. Björnsson), Rit 38, Societas Scientiarum Islandica, Reykjavík. p. 190-197.

Þórarinsson, S., and S. Sigurðsson, 1947: Volcano-glaciological investigations in Iceland during the last decade. The Polar Record, 33-34: 60-64.

Hydrology

Björnsson H., 1974: Explanation of jökulhlaups from Grímsvötn, Vatnajökull, Iceland. Jökull, 24, 1- 26.

Björnsson H., 1975: Subglacial water reservoirs, jökulhlaups and volcanic eruptions. Jökull, 25,1-15.

Björnsson H., 1976: Marginal and supraglacial lakes in Iceland. Jökull, 26, 40-51.

Björnsson H., 1976: Glacier lakes and explanation of jökulhlaups. Nordic Hydrological Conference 1976. Reykjavík. Nordisk Hydrologisk Forening. I, 74-64, 18.

Björnsson H., 1977: The cause of jökulhlaups in the Skaftá-river, Vatnajökull. Jökull, 27, 71-78.

Björnsson H., 1982: Drainage basins on Vatnajökull mapped by radio-echo soundings. Nordic Hydrology, 213-232.

Björnsson H.: Delineation of glacier drainage basins on western Vatnajökull. Annals of Glaciology, vol. 8, 19-21. 46.

Björnsson H.: Hydrology of ice caps in volcanic regions. Vísindafélag Íslendinga, rit 45, 139 s, 21 maps in a separate cover.

Björnsson H., 1992: Jökulhlaups in Iceland: characteristics, prediction and simulation. Annals of Glaciology, vol. 16, 95-106.

Björnsson H., 1998: Hydrological characteristic of the drainage system beneath a surging glacier. Nature, vol 395, 771-774.

Clarke, G. K. C., 1982: Glacier outburst flood from "Hazard Lake", Yukon Territory, and the problem of flood magnitude prediction. Journal of Glaciology, 28: 3-21.

Elíasson, S., 1977: Molar um jökulsárhlaup of Ásbyrgi. Náttúrufræðingurinn, 47: 160-174.

Guðmundsson M. T., Björnsson H. and Pálsson F., 1995: Changes in jökulhlaup sizes in Grímsvötn, Vatnajökull, Iceland, 1934-91, deduced from in-situ measurements of subglacial lake volume. Journal of Glaciology, Vol. 41, No. 138, 263- 272.

Guðmundsson, M. T., Th. Högnadóttir, and Björnsson H., 1996. Effects of surges on runoff in glacial-fed rivers. In: Nordic Hydrological Conference, Vol. 1 (ed. O. Sigurðsson, K. Einarsson, H. Aðalsteinsson).

Hannesson, P., 1958: Skeiðarárhlaupið 1945. In: Frá óbyggðum. Bókaútgáfa Menningarsjóðs. Reykjavík. p. 293-320.

Ísaksson, S. P., 1984: Stórhlaup í Jökulsá á Fjöllum á fyrri hluta 18. aldar. Náttúrufræðingurinn, 43: 165-191.

Kristinsson, B., S. Zophóníasson, S. Pálsson, and H. Kristmannsdóttir, 1986: Hlaup á Skeiðarársandi 1986. Report OS-86080/VOD-23 B, National Energy Authority. Reykjavík. (mimeographed). 42 p.

Nye, J. F., 1965: The flow of a glacier in a channel of rectangular, elliptic or parabolic cross-section. Jour nal of Glaciology, 5: 661-690.

Nye, J. F., 1976: Water flow in glaciers: jökulhlaups, tunnels and veins. Jourrnal of Glaciology, 76: 181-207.

Rist, S., 1955: Skeiðarárhlaup 1954. Jökull, 15: 30-36.

Rist, S., 1961: Rannsóknir á Vatnajökli 1960. Jökull, 11: 1-11.

Rist, S., 1967. The thickness of the ice cover of Mýrdalsjökull, Southern Iceland. Jökull, 17: 237-242.

Rist, S., 1970: Annáll um jökulhlaup. Jökull, 20: 89-90.

Rist, S., 1973: Jökulhlaupaannáll 1971, 1972 og 1973. Jökull, 23: 55-60.

Rist, S., 1976: Grímsvatnahlaupið 1976. Jökull, 26: 80-90.

Rist, S., 1981: Jökulhlaupaannáll 1977, 1978, 1979 og 1980. Jökull, 30: 31-35.

Rist, S., 1984: Jökulhlaupaannáll 1981, 1982, og 1983. Jökull, 34: 165-179.

Rist, S., 1967-1987: Jöklabreytingar (Glacier variations in metres). Jökull, 17: 321-325, 18: 401-405, 20: 83-87, 21: 73-77, 22: 89-95, 23: 61-66, 24: 77-82, 25: 73-79, 26: 69-74, 27: 88-93, 28: 61-65, 31: 37-46, 32: 121-125, 33: 141-144, 34: 173-179, 35: 111-119, 36: 83-90, 37: 85-90.

Spring, U., and K. Hutter, 1981: Numerical studies of jökulhlaups. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 4: 221-244.

Stefánsson, R., 1983: Skeiðarárhlaupið 1939. Jökull, 33: 148.

Sæmundsson, K., 1973: Straumrákaðar klappir í kringum Ásbyrgi. Náttúrufræðingurinn, 43: 52-60.

Tómasson, H., 1973: Hamfarahlaup í Jökulsá á Fjöllum. Náttúrufræðingurinn, 43: 12-34.

Tómasson, H., 1974: Grímsvatnahlaup 1972. Mechanism and sediment discharge. Jökull, 24: 27-39.

Tómasson, H., S. Pálsson, and P. Ingólfsson, 1980: Comparison of sediment load in the Skeiðará jökulhlaups in 1972 and 1976. Jökull, 30: 21-33.

Þórarinsson, S., 1939b: The ice dammed lakes of Iceland with particular reference to their values as indicators of glacier oscillations. Geografiska Annaler, 21: 216-242.

Þórarinsson, S., 1950: Jökulhlaup og eldgos á Jökulvatnasvæði Jökulsár á Fjöllum. Náttúrufræðingurinn, 20: 113-133.

Þórarinsson, S., 1953a: Some new aspects of the Grímsvötn problem. Journal of Glaciology, 14: 267-274.

Þórarinsson, S., 1953b: The Grímsvötn-expedition June-July 1953. Jökull, 3: 6-22.

Þórarinsson, S., 1954: Athuganir á Skeiðarárhlaupi og Grímsvötnum 1954. Jökull, 4: 34-37.

Þórarinsson, S., 1955: Mælingaleiðangurinn á Vatnajökli vorið 1955. Jökull, 5: 27-29.

Þórarinsson, S., 1956: Vatnajökulsleiðangur 1956. Jökull, 6: 38-46.

Þórarinsson, S., 1957: Haustferð á Vatnajökul. Jökull, 7: 45-49.

Þórarinsson, S., 1958: Vatnajökulsferðir Jöklarannsóknafélagsins 1958. Jökull, 8: 1-9.

Þórarinsson, S., 1960: Glaciological knowledge in Iceland before 1800. Jökull, 10: 1-18.

Þórarinsson, S., 1965: Changes of the water-firn level in the Grímsvötn caldera 1954-1965. Jökull, 15: 109-119.

Þórarinsson, S., 1968: Vatnajökulsleiðangur 1968, 1-14. júní. Jökull, 18: 394-400.

Þórarinsson, S., 1974: Vötnin Stríð. Saga Skeiðarárhlaupa og Grímsvatnagosa. (in Icelandic). Bókaútgáfa Menningarsjóðs, Reykjavík. 254 pp.

Þórarinsson, S., 1975: Katla og annáll Kötlugosa. Árbók Ferðafélags Íslands, Reykjavík. p. 125-149.

Þórarinsson, S., and S. Rist., 1955: Skaftárhlaup í september 1955. Jökull, 5: 37-40.

Glacio-meteorology

J. Oerlemans, H. Björnsson, M. Kuhn, F. Obleitner, F. Pálsson, H F. Vugts and J. de Wolde: A glacio-meteorological experiment on Vatnajökull, Iceland. Boundary Layer Meteorology/ Vol.92: 3-26.

Erosion

Björnsson, H., 1998: Frá Breiðumörk til jökulsands: mótun lands í þúsund ár. Í: Kvískerjabók, bls. 164-174. Sýslusafnið, Höfn í Hornafirði.

Björnsson, H., 1996: Scales and rates of glacial sediment removal: a 20 km long, 300m deep trench created beneath Breiðamerkurjökull during the Litle Ice Age. Annals of Glaciology 22, 141-???.

Water balance

Björnsson, H., Pálsson F., Guðmundsson, M. T., and Haraldsson, H. H., 1998: Mass balance of western and northern Vatnajökull, Iceland, 1991-1995. Jökull, No. 45, 35-58.

Historical fluctuations

Bárðarson, G. G., 1934: Islands Gletscher. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Gletscherbewegungen und Schwankungen auf Grund alter Quellenschriften und neuesten Forschung. Rit 16, Societas Scientiarum Islandica, 60 pp.

Eiríksson, H. H., 1932: Observations and measurements of some glaciers in Austur-Skafta-fellssýsla. Rit 12, Societas Scientiarum Islandica, Reykjavík. 24 pp.

EyÞórsson, J., 1931: On the present position of the glaciers in Iceland. Some preliminary studies and investigations in the summer 1930. Rit 10, Societas Scientiarum Islandica, Reykjavík. 35 pp.

EyÞórsson, J., 1935: On the variations of glaciers in Iceland. Some studies made in 1931.Geografiska Annaler, 17: 121-137.

EyÞórsson, J., 1963: Variation of Iceland glaciers 1931-1960. Jökull, 13: 31-33.

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1943: Oscillations of the Iceland glaciers in the last 250 years. Geografiska Annaler, 25: 1-54.

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Surface and internal ash layers

Larsen, G., Guðmundsson, M. T. and Bjornsson, H., 1998: Eight centuries of periodic volcanism at the center of the Icelandic hotspot revealed by glacier tephrostratigraphy. Geology, Vol. 26, No. 10, 943-946.

Effects of eruptions on glacier flow