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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

2023

Formation of crevasse-squeeze ridges at Trygghamna, SvalbardEarth Surface Processes and Landforms
Morphometric analysis of ice scour lakes in IcelandEarth Surface Processes and Landforms
Ice-stream shutdown during deglaciationEarth Surface Processes and Landforms

2022

Iceland
Cross-cutting palaeo-ice streams in NE-Iceland reveal shifting Iceland Ice Sheet dynamicsGeomorphology
Drumlin formation within the Bustarfell drumlin field, northeast IcelandJournal of Quaternary Science
Iceland
Iceland

2021

Iceland
Ancient sedimentary DNA shows rapid post-glacial colonisation of Iceland followed by relatively stable vegetation until the Norse settlement (Landnám) AD 870Quaternary Science Reviews
Iceland
Glacial landscapes of Iceland

2020

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
Corrigendum to “Younger Dryas glaciomarine sedimentation, push-moraine formation and ice-margin behavior in the Middle Swedish end-moraine zone west of Billingen, central Sweden” [Quat. Sci. Rev. 224 (2019) 105913](S0277379119303142)(10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105913)Quaternary Science Reviews

2019

Micromorphological evidence for the role of pressurised water in the formation of large-scale thrust-block moraines in Melasveit, western IcelandQuaternary Research
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
Glacial geomorphology of Trygghamna, western Svalbard - Integrating terrestrial and submarine archives for a better understanding of past glacial dynamicsGeomorphology
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
Data set on sedimentology, palaeoecology and chronology of middle to late pleistocene deposits on the Taimyr Peninsula, Arctic RussiaData in Brief

2018

A pre-LGM sandur at Fiskarheden in NW Dalarna, central Sweden – sedimentology and glaciotectonic deformationBoreas
Production and preservation of the smallest drumlinsGFF
Glacial geomorphological mappingEarth-Science Reviews
Active retreat of a Late Weichselian marine-terminating glacierBoreas
Supraglacial Environments

2017

A Theoretical Model of Drumlin Formation Based on Observations at Múlajökull, IcelandJournal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

2016

Origin of the active drumlin field at Múlajökull, IcelandQuaternary Science Reviews
Submarginal drumlin formation and late Holocene history of Fláajökull, southeast IcelandAnnals of Glaciology
Progressive formation of modern drumlins at Múlajökull, IcelandBoreas
Glacial geological studies of surge-type glaciers in Iceland - Research status and future challengesEarth-Science Reviews

2015

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

2014

The Eyjabakkajökull glacial landsystem, IcelandGeomorphology
The drumlin field and the geomorphology of the Múlajökull surge-type glacier, central IcelandGeomorphology

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

2012

Þorleifur Einarsson - jarðfræðingur, kennari og frumkvöðull í náttúruverndNáttúrufræðingurinn
Myndun Hrauka í KringilsárranaNáttúrufræðingurinn
Late Holocene and modern glacier changes in the marginal zone of Sólheimajökull, South IcelandJokull
Polyphase structural evolution of a fine-grained, fold-dominated end moraine, Brúarjökull surge-type glacier, IcelandJokull

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, IcelandGeology
The 1890 surge end moraine at Eyjabakkajökull, IcelandQuaternary Science Reviews
6 Ice-Marginal Environments

2009

Formation of submarginal and proglacial end morainesBoreas

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 interfaceQuaternary Science Reviews

Keywords for Specialisation:

Quaternary geology

Glacial geology and geomorphology

glacial history