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Ground Penetrating Radar Data from BGS Iceland Glacier Observatory Project, 2012-2014

These files contain ground penetrating radar (GPR) data collected from the glacier margins and forelands of Falljökull and of Kvíárjökull, south-east Iceland, between 2012 and 2014. The data were collected using a Sensors and Software PulseEKKO Pro GPR system. For each glacier the data are stored in folders that indicate the month and year in which the surveys were conducted. Each GPR profile has a Sensors and Software GPR (.DT1) file, and associated header (.HD) and GPS (.GPS) files. The .HD files (which can be opened as text files) give the parameters and equipment used for each profile. GPS files are not available for some of the profiles collected on Falljökull in April 2013 (due to damage that occurred to the GPS linked with the PulseEKKO Pro system). For these profiles start, finish, and mid profile positions were recorded using differential GPS, and locations of these profiles are instead given by GIS shapefiles in the relevant folders. These datasets have been used in the publications listed below. Further information relating to the data collection methodology can be found therein. Phillips, Emrys; Everest, Jez; Evans, David J.A.; Finlayson, Andrew; Ewertowski, Marek; Guild, Ailsa; Jones, Lee. 2017 Concentrated, ‘pulsed’ axial glacier flow: structural glaciological evidence from Kvíárjökull in SE Iceland. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 42 (13). 1901-1922. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4145 Phillips, Emrys; Finlayson, Andrew; Bradwell, Tom; Everest, Jez; Jones, Lee. 2014 Structural evolution triggers a dynamic reduction in active glacier length during rapid retreat: evidence from Falljökull, SE Iceland. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 119 (10). 2194-2208. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JF003165 Phillips, Emrys; Finlayson, Andrew; Jones, Lee. 2013 Fracturing, block-faulting and moulin development associated with progressive collapse and retreat of a polar maritime glacier: Virkisjokul-Falljokull, SE Iceland. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 118 (3). 1545-1561. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrf.20116 Flett, Verity; Maurice, Louise; Finlayson, Andrew; Black, Andrew; MacDonald, Alan; Everest, Jez; Kirkbride, Martin. 2017. Meltwater flow through a rapidly deglaciating glacier and foreland catchment system: Virkisjökull, SE Iceland. Hydrology Research, 48 (6). 1666-1681. https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2017.205

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Metadata Language
English (en)
Dataset Reference Date ()
2020-08-03
Identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607651

 

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The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South

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EDINBURGH

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EH14 4AP

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United Kingdom

0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
 

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Enquiries


The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South

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EDINBURGH

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LOTHIAN

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EH14 4AP

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United Kingdom

0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Ground penetrating radar

  • Glaciers

Keywords
  • NERC_DDC

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Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"

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1979

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2009

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2009

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Begin date
2012-04-14
End date
2014-09-01
 

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2011
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Dataset Reference Date ()
2010-12-08
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Ground penetrating radar (GPR) surveys were carried out using a Sensors and Software PuluseEKKO Pro system with 50 MHz and 100 MHz antennae on the glacier margin and the foreland of Falljökull in April and September 2012 and in April 2013. Surveys were carried out on the glacier margin and foreland of Kvíárjökull in late August and early September 2014.

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acab5bbe-2137-123a-e054-002128a47908 XML
Metadata Language
English (en)
Resource type
dataset
Metadata Date
2022-05-20
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
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2.3

 

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