Hawley, RL and Brandt, O and Morris, EM and Kohler, J and Shepherd, AP and Wingham, DJ (2008) Techniques for measuring high-resolution firn density profiles: case study from Kongsvegen, Svalbard. J GLACIOL , 54 (186) 463 - 468.
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Abstract
On an 11 m firn/ice core from Kongsvegen, Svalbard, we have used dielectric profiling (DEP) to measure electrical properties, and digital photography to measure a core optical stratigraphy (COS) profile. We also used a neutron-scattering probe (NP) to measure a density profile in the borehole from which the core was extracted. The NP- and DEP-derived density profiles were similar, showing largescale (>30cm) variation in the gravimetric densities of each core section. Fine-scale features (<10cm) are well characterized by the COS record and are seen at a slightly lower resolution in both the DEP and NP records, which show increasing smoothing. A combination of the density accuracy of NP and the spatial resolution of COS provides a useful method of evaluating the shallow-density profile of a glacier, improving paleoclimate interpretation, mass-balance measurement and interpretation of radar returns.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Techniques for measuring high-resolution firn density profiles: case study from Kongsvegen, Svalbard |
| Keywords: | BOREHOLE OPTICAL STRATIGRAPHY, GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR, POLAR FIRN, ICE-CORE, NEUTRON-SCATTERING, PERMITTIVITY, CONDUCTIVITY, INSTRUMENTS |
| UCL classification: | UCL > School of BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Earth Sciences |
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