The aim of this research is to reconstruct past flood/flow events in Iceland in order to assess and manage future hazards. Specifically this research will investigate the timing, nature and intensity of flood/flow events from Snæfellsjökull in west Iceland.
Research objectives:
- Determine if Snæfellsjökull has been subject to volcanic flood activity or rain-triggered lahars during the Holocene.
- If so, map and produce a chronology of these events.
- Produce a hazard map of zones of inundation and risk.
- Produce a tephrochronological framework in which to place this environmental record.
