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"Jokulhlaup"
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An Icelandic term that refers without distinction to both water floods and lahars that are generated when a volcano erupts under a glacier.
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(Icelandic) Outburst flooding from a glacial ice dam breakage or intense melt, as by volcanic activity.
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An Icelandic term meaning glacier dammed lake outburst flood.
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Icelandic term for Glacial outburst floods. Jokulhlaup's are sudden outbursts of water released by a glacier. The water may be released from glacier cavities, sub-glacial lakes, and from glacier-dammed lakes in side valleys.
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