Groundwater–glacier meltwater interaction in proglacial aquifers

Ó Dochartaigh, Brighid É.; MacDonald, Alan M.; Black, Andrew R.; Everest, Jez; Wilson, Paul; Darling, W. George; Jones, Lee; Raines, Mike

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4527-2019

Articles | Volume 23, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4527-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4527-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 11

Research article

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05 Nov 2019

Research article |

| 05 Nov 2019

Groundwater–glacier meltwater interaction in proglacial aquifers

Brighid É. Ó Dochartaigh, Alan M. MacDonald, Andrew R. Black, Jez Everest, Paul Wilson, W. George Darling, Lee Jones, and Mike Raines

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RC1: 'Referee comment on "Groundwater / meltwater interaction in proglacial aquifers" paper', Aude Vincent, 22 May 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Alan MacDonald, 08 Jul 2019
RC2: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 May 2019
- AC2: 'Response to reviewer 2', Alan MacDonald, 08 Jul 2019

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (13 Jul 2019) by Wouter Buytaert

AR by Alan MacDonald on behalf of the Authors (30 Jul 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (22 Sep 2019) by Wouter Buytaert

AR by Alan MacDonald on behalf of the Authors (28 Sep 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

We provide evidence of high groundwater storage and flow in catchments with active glaciers. Groundwater is found within gravels at the front of glaciers and replenished by both ice melt and precipitation. We studied a glacier in Iceland for 3 years, characterising the aquifer properties and measuring groundwater, river flow and precipitation. The results are important for accurately measuring meltwater and show that groundwater can provide strategic water supplies in de-glaciating catchments.