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In connection with the construction of a tunnel collecting water beneath a glacier (Bondhusbreen/Folgefonni) in SW Norway the amount of sediments transported by meltwater has been investigated. According to the values obtained the volume of the sedimentation chamber which has to take a one-years-amount of sediment was fixed at 5000 m3. In 1978 there has been a sedimentation of 3000 m3 of coarse material. The results obtained are not only of practical value, but also of scientific interest.
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Wold, B., Østrem, G. Morphological activity of a diverted glacier stream in Western Norway. GeoJournal 3, 345–349 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00221236
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