Groundwater Monitoring Data, Virkisjokull Glacier Observatory, 2012-2018
| Dataset title | Groundwater Monitoring Data, Virkisjokull Glacier Observatory, 2012-2018 |
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| Dataset creators | Brighid Ó Dochartaigh, British Geological Survey Alan MacDonald, British Geological Survey Paul Wilson, Geological Survey of Northern Ireland Jez Everest, British Geological Survey |
| Dataset theme | Geoscientific Information |
| Dataset abstract | 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/ |
| Dataset content dates | 21/08/2012 to 25/08/2018 |
| Dataset spatial coverage | Virkisjokull, SE Iceland. SW corner: -16.8605, 63.94247222 NE corner: -16.8220278, 63.96083333 |
| Dataset supply format | MS Excel |
| Dataset language | English-United Kingdom |
| Dataset discovery metadata record | Discovery Link to the dataset's BGS Discovery Metadata record |
| Dataset publisher | British Geological Survey |
| Dataset publication date | 7th August 2019 |
| Dataset digital object identifier(DOI) | 10.5285/3c28c1e9-d19d-431c-8c30-e9a014447d7b |
| Dataset citation text | Ó Dochartaigh, B; MacDonald, A; Wilson, P; Everest, J (2019): Groundwater Monitoring Data, Virkisjokull Glacier Observatory, 2012-2018. British Geological Survey. (Dataset). https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/3c28c1e9-d19d-431c-8c30-e9a014447d7b |
| Constraints and terms of use | This data set is available under Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying any reproduced materials: "Contains data supplied by permission of the Natural Environment Research Council [YEAR]". |
| Access the dataset | https://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item129318 |
| Further information | More information about the BGS Virkisjökull glacier observatory, including access to other data: https://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/glacierMonitoring/portal/home.html |