A three-dimensional dynamical model of Amundsenisen icefield, Svalbard.

• Main Authors: Otero García, Jaime, Navarro Valero, Francisco José, Lapazaran Izargain, Javier Jesús, Vasilenko, Evgeniy, Glowacki, Piotr
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: E.T.S.I. Telecomunicación (UPM) 2011
• Subjects: Hidrología; Medio Ambiente; Svalbard; Amundsenisen; glacier; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://oa.upm.es/12631/

Amundsenisen is an ice field, 80 km2 in area, located in Southern Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Radio-echo sounding measurements at 20 MHz show high intensity returns from a nearly flat basal reflector at four zones, all of them with ice thickness larger than 500m. These reflections suggest possible subglacial...