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Groundwater Monitoring Data, Virkisjokull Glacier Observatory, 2012-2018

Groundwater level and groundwater temperature data measured in 9 boreholes between August 2012 and August 2018. Groundwater conductivity data measured in 1 of these boreholes from September 2012 to August 2014. Eight of the boreholes are drilled into a sandur (glacial outwash floodplain) aquifer in front of Virkisjokull glacier, SE Iceland, and are between 8.2 and 14.9 m deep. The remaining borehole is drilled into a volcanic rock aquifer between the sandur and glacier and is 5.1 m deep. Selected groundwater monitoring data are reported in Ó Dochartaigh, B. É., et al. 2019. Groundwater?- glacier?meltwater interaction in proglacial aquifers, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2019-120. Further information on borehole installations and geology can be found in Ó Dochartaigh et al. 2012. Groundwater investigations at Virkisjokull, Iceland: data report 2012. British Geological Survey Open Report OR/12/088, http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/500570/

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Dataset Reference Date ()
2019-08-01
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607489
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The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , EDINBURGH , LOTHIAN , EH14 4AP , United Kingdom
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The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , EDINBURGH , LOTHIAN , EH14 4AP , United Kingdom
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Flood plains
  • Temperature
  • Ground water level
  • Aquifers
  • Hydrogeology
  • Conductivity
  • Monitoring
  • Groundwater
  • Glaciers
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  • NERC_DDC
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1979

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2009

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2009

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Begin date
2012-08-21
End date
2018-08-25
Additional information
Virkisjokull, SE Iceland. SW Long/Lat: -16.8605, 63.94247222 NE Long/Lat: -16.8220278, 63.96083333
 

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https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/hess-2019-120/
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https://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/citedData/catalogue/3c28c1e9-d19d-431c-8c30-e9a014447d7b.html
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https://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/glacierMonitoring/portal/home.html
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https://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html?#item129318
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https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/hess-2019-120/
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https://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/citedData/catalogue/3c28c1e9-d19d-431c-8c30-e9a014447d7b.html
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https://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/glacierMonitoring/portal/home.html
 
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2011
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2010-12-08
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Data were measured using automatic pressure-temperature loggers or an automatic pressure-temperature-conductivity logger. Measurements were recorded at 15 minute intervals between September 2012 and August 2014, and at 30 minute intervals between August 2014 and August 2018. Details are given in Ó Dochartaigh, B. É., et al. 2019. Groundwater- glacier meltwater interaction in proglacial aquifers, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2019-120.

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English (en)
Resource type
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Metadata Date
2023-03-27
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
  British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth , NOTTINGHAM , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , NG12 5GG , United Kingdom
+44 115 936 3100
 
 

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