Spatial and Temporal Variations in a Perennial Firn Aquifer on Lomonosovfonna, Svalbard

• Main Authors: Hawrylak, Monika, Nilsson, Emma
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper 2019
• Subjects: perennial firn aquifer; ground penetrating radar; Svalbard; Lomonosovfonna; flerårig firnakvifer; georadar; Earth and Related Environmental Sciences; Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap; Greenland
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-384176

A firn aquifer is a type of englacial water storage that forms when surface meltwater fills up the pore space in porous firn. If the retention time exceeds one year the feature is regarded as perennial. The melt and accumulation rates as well as the available pore space determine the formation and e...