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Ívar Örn Benediktsson - Research Scientist

Ívar Örn Benediktsson

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School of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Ívar Örn Benediktsson

Research Scientist

- Geology

Location
Askja / N-231
Phone
525 - 4605
Email
ivarben [at] hi.is

Unit
Institute of Earth Sciences

Published works

2021

Ancient sedimentary DNA shows rapid post-glacial colonisation of Iceland followed by relatively stable vegetation until Landnám

2020

Micromorphological evidence for the role of pressurised water in the formation of large-scale thrust-block moraines in Melasveit, western IcelandQuaternary Research
Insights into drumlin development from ground-penetrating radar at Múlajökull, Iceland, a surge-type glacierJournal of Glaciology
Refining the history of Younger Dryas and Early Holocene glacier oscillations in the Borgarfjörður region, western IcelandBoreas

2019

Subglacial drumlins and englacial fractures at the surge-type glacier, Múlajökull, IcelandEarth Surface Processes and Landforms
Glacial history and palaeo-environmental change of southern Taimyr Peninsula, Arctic Russia, during the Middle and Late PleistoceneEarth-Science Reviews
Glacial geomorphology of Trygghamna, western Svalbard - Integrating terrestrial and submarine archives for a better understanding of past glacial dynamicsGeomorphology
Younger Dryas glaciomarine sedimentation, push-moraine formation and ice-margin behavior in the Middle Swedish end-moraine zone west of Billingen, central SwedenQuaternary Science Reviews

2018

A pre‐LGM sandur at Fiskarheden in NW Dalarna, central Sweden – sedimentology and glaciotectonic deformationBoreas
Active retreat of a Late Weichselian marine‐terminating glacier: an example from Melasveit, western IcelandBoreas
Glacial geomorphological mapping: A review of approaches and frameworks for best practiceEarth-Science Reviews
Production and preservation of the smallest drumlinsGFF

2017

A Theoretical Model of Drumlin Formation Based on Observations at Múlajökull, IcelandJournal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
Supraglacial EnvironmentsPast Glacial Environments: Second Edition

2016

Glacial geological studies of surge-type glaciers in Iceland - Research status and future challengesEarth-Science Reviews
Origin of the active drumlin field at Múlajökull, Iceland: New insights from till shear and consolidation patternsQuaternary Science Reviews
Progressive formation of modern drumlins at Múlajökull, Iceland: stratigraphical and morphological evidenceBoreas
Submarginal drumlin formation and late Holocene history of Fláajökull, southeast IcelandAnnals of Glaciology

2015

Architecture and structural evolution of an early Little Ice Age terminal moraine at the surge‐type glacier Múlajökull, IcelandJournal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
Spatial distribution of erosion and deposition during a glacier surge: Brúarjökull, IcelandGeomorphology

2014

The drumlin field and the geomorphology of the Múlajökull surge-type glacier, central IcelandGeomorphology
The Eyjabakkajökull glacial landsystem, Iceland: Geomorphic impact of multiple surgesGeomorphology

2013

The Ledsjö end moraine-a subaquatic push moraine composed of glaciomarine clay in central SwedenProceedings of the Geologists' Association
The Glacial and Periglacial Research Frontier: Where from Here?Treatise on Geomorphology

2012

Glaciology and volcanology on the centenary of Sigurður Þórarinssons' birth: a special issueJökull
Myndun Hrauka í Kringilsárrana.Náttúrufræðingurinn
Polyphase structural evolution of a fine-grained, fold-dominated end moraine, Brúarjökull surge-type glacier, Iceland.Jökull
Late Holocene and modern glacier changes in the marginal zone of Sólheimajökull, South Iceland.Jökull

2011

Climatic control of the surge periodicity of an Icelandic outlet glacierJournal of Quaternary Science

2010

Active drumlin field revealed at the margin of Múlajökull, Iceland: A surge-type glacierGeology
The 1890 surge end moraine at Eyjabakkajökull, Iceland: a re-assessment of a classic glaciotectonic localityQuaternary Science Reviews

2009

Formation of submarginal and proglacial end moraines: Implications of ice-flow mechanism during the 1963-64 surge of Brúarjökull, IcelandBoreas
6 Ice-Marginal Environments: Geomorphic and Structural Genesis of Marginal Moraines at MýrdalsjökullDevelopments in Quaternary Science

2008

Instantaneous end moraine and sediment wedge formation during the 1890 glacier surge of Brúarjökull, IcelandQuaternary Science Reviews

2006

Subglacial decoupling at the sediment/bedrock interface: a new mechanism for rapid flowing iceQuaternary Science Reviews

Keywords for Specialisation:

Quaternary geology

Glacial geology and geomorphology

glacial history