Groundwater Monitoring Data, Virkisjokull Glacier Observatory, 2012-2018

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/

Date (Creation): 2019-08-01

Identifier: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607489

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Geology

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Flood plains
Temperature
Ground water level
Aquifers
Hydrogeology
Conductivity
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Glaciers
Groundwater
Monitoring

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NERC_DDC

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ICELAND [id=903000]

Date (Creation): 1979

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Date (Revision): 2009

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ISL

Date (Revision): 2009

Begin date: 2012-08-21

End date: 2018-08-25

Supplemental Information: Virkisjokull, SE Iceland. SW Long/Lat: -16.8605, 63.94247222 NE Long/Lat: -16.8220278, 63.96083333

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Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road , BELFAST , BT4 3SB , United Kingdom

028 9038 8462
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The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , EDINBURGH , LOTHIAN , EH14 4AP , United Kingdom

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OnLine resource: OR/12/088 ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )
Groundwater Monitoring Data, Virkisjokull Glacier Observatory, 2012-2018

OnLine resource: Groundwater–glacier meltwater interaction in proglacial aquifers ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

OnLine resource: Virkisjökull Glacier Observatory weather station data and daily images ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

OnLine resource: Groundwater Monitoring Data, Virkisjokull Glacier Observatory, 2012-2018 ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related )
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

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Date (Publication): 2011

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Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

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Statement: Data were measured using automatic pressure-temperature loggers or an automatic pressure-temperature-conductivity logger. Measurements were recorded at 15 minute intervals between September 2012 and August 2014, and at 30 minute intervals between August 2014 and August 2018. Details are given 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.