Ground-penetrating radar in glaciology

by Peter Jansson (Naturgeografi, SU)

Thursday 19 Oct 2006, 10:00 → 11:00 Europe/Stockholm

Research in the earth Sciences rely heavily on methods to explore the surface and sub-surface of the Earth. Many geophysical methods are therefore employed including gravity measurements, magnetic methods, radiometric surveys, resistivity, VLF, electromagnetic methods, as well as seismic reflection and refraction. Ground penetrating radar (GPR) has become a vital instrument for exploring both geotechnical and research aspects of the subsurface. In the field of glaciology, GPR is used to study features from landscape scale subglacial topography to small.scale deposition of snow. This seminar presents GPR work made primarily in the Scandinavian mountains to study polythermal structures of glaciers with some outlooks on other glaciological studies.

Slides 61019_georadar.pdf