Radio-echo soundings on Icelandic temperate glaciers: history of techniques and findings

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Björnsson, Helgi, Pálsson, Finnur
• Other Authors: Jarðvísindastofnun (HÍ), Institute of Earth Sciences (UI), Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2020
• Subjects: Glacier geophysics; Glacier hazards; Glacier hydrology; Glacier mapping; Radio-echo sounding; Jöklafræði; Jöklarannsóknir; Eggert; Annals of Glaciology; glacier; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/2390; https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2020.10

Publisher's version (útgefin grein) Since the mid-1970s radio-echo soundings have been conducted on Iceland's temperate glaciers. Since then, low-frequency radar technology has furthered the study of most of the island's ice caps. Their masses and volumes have been quantified and deta...