Ground-Penetrating Radar Reveals Ice Thickness and Undisturbed Englacial Layers at Kilimanjaro's Northern Ice Field

Our study is the first to use ground-penetrating radar (GPR) to investigate ice thickness and internal layering at Kilimanjaro's largest ice body, the Northern Ice Field (NIF). For monitoring the ongoing ice loss, our ice thickness soundings allowed us to estimate the total ice volume remaining...

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Published in:The Cryosphere
Main Authors: Bohleber, Pascal, Sold, Leo, Hardy, Douglas R., Schwikowski, Margit, Klenk, Patrick, Fischer, Andrea, Sirguey, Pascal, Cullen, Nicolas J., Potocki, Mariusz, Hoffmann, Helene, Mayewski, Paul
Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017
Subjects:
Satelliten-SAR-Systeme
The Cryosphere
Online Access:https://elib.dlr.de/111832/
https://elib.dlr.de/111832/1/Bohleber%2B2017_tc-11-469-2017.pdf
http://www.the-cryosphere.net/11/469/2017/
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Summary:Our study is the first to use ground-penetrating radar (GPR) to investigate ice thickness and internal layering at Kilimanjaro's largest ice body, the Northern Ice Field (NIF). For monitoring the ongoing ice loss, our ice thickness soundings allowed us to estimate the total ice volume remaining at NIF's southern portion. Englacial GPR reflections indicate undisturbed layers within NIF's center and provide a first link between age information obtained from ice coring and vertical wall sampling.

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