Open AccessHydraulics and hydrology on the Inland Ice
Author(s) -
H.H Thomsen,
O.B Olesen
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
rapport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-2944
pISSN - 0418-6559
DOI - 10.34194/rapggu.v152.8151
Subject(s) - meltwater , glacier , geology , hydrology (agriculture) , drainage , drainage basin , hydraulics , geomorphology , geography , geotechnical engineering , ecology , aerospace engineering , engineering , cartography , biology
Glacier hydrological studies are carried out on the Greenland Inland lce by the Geological Survey of Greenland (GGU) to assess the viability of possible hydro-electric power stations (Thomsen, 1986) in which surface meltwater from the Inland lee margin is by far the most important source of water. Some of this water drains on the surface to the ice margin, but most of it disappears down into the ice through crevasses and moulins. Special emphasis is made on mapping the drainage of water in and under the ice to delineate drainage basins on the Inland Ice.