Abstract
Landform–sediment assemblages associated with two ice‐dammed lakes, one active and one fossil, at Heinabergsjökull in southeast Iceland are described. The current ice‐dammed lake (Vatnsdalur) is dominated by a large aggradational terrace, as well as an excellent suite of shorelines. The second fossil ice‐dammed lake dates from the Neoglacial maximum of Heinabergsjökull (c. 1887) and drained during the late 1920s. This lake is associated with a suite of shorelines and ice‐marginal glaciolacustrine fans. The sedimentology of one of these fans is described. Between 50 and 70% of the sediment succession is dominated by ice‐rafted sediment, although rhythmites, matrix‐rich gravels, sands and graded sand–silt couplets are also present. A range of intra‐formational, soft‐sediment deformation structures are present, consistent with liquefaction and deformation associated with loading, current shear, and iceberg calving. The landform–sediment assemblages described from Heinabergsjökull provide important data for the interpretation of Pleistocene ice‐dammed lakes.
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