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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4527-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4527-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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05 Nov 2019
Research article |
| 05 Nov 2019
| 05 Nov 2019
Groundwater–glacier meltwater interaction in proglacial aquifers
Brighid É. Ó Dochartaigh
British Geological Survey, Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh EH14 4AP, UK
British Geological Survey, Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh EH14 4AP, UK
Andrew R. Black
School of Social Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, UK
Jez Everest
British Geological Survey, Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh EH14 4AP, UK
Paul Wilson
Geological Survey of Northern Ireland, Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast BT4 3SB, UK
W. George Darling
British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK
Lee Jones
British Geological Survey, Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth NG12 5GG, UK
Mike Raines
British Geological Survey, Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth NG12 5GG, UK
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- Water Resource Management through Understanding of the Water Balance Components: A Case Study of a Sub-Alpine Shallow Lake M. Ciampittiello et al. 10.3390/w13213124
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Latest update: 29 Nov 2023
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.
We provide evidence of high groundwater storage and flow in catchments with active glaciers....
