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Vopnafjörður mountains

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Created: 2014-02-27 14:57:28
Modified: 2016-10-22 09:10:18

Active: No
Country:Iceland
Site:Icelandic site
GTN-P:IL 01
Responsible Countries: Norway, Iceland,
Timezone:UTC/GMT +00:00 hours
Vegetation Type:No Vegetation
Responsible Person:Bernd Etzelmüller

No permafrost at drill site, maybe fossile. But decreasing temperatures with depth. 0.13ºC at 22 m depth. Possible degradating/fossile permafrost further down or thermal anomaly. DC resistivity tomography soundings indicate thermal anomalies in the ground nearby the bore hole.

 

AIR TEMPERATURE AND SNOW COVER THICKNESS/DENSITY MEASUREMENTS AT THE BOREHOLE SITE (indicate frequency of observations):

Air temperature: Yes [X] No [ ]    Snow thickness: Yes[ ] No[X]   Density: Yes [ ] No[X]

 

NAME AND LOCATION OF CLOSEST CLIMATE STATION (latitude, longitude, and distance from borehole, km) – provide (if available) mean monthly air temperature and snow depth of reporting interval for mean annual ground temperature

Vopnafjördur approximately 65º45'N 14º50'W  MAAT: 3.0ºC MAP: 670 mm, about 20 km west  of bore hole

Depth:22.1 m
Drilling Angle:90 °
Deepest Sensor:22 m
Date Drilled:01. Jan 2004
Type:offroad vehicle
Distance From Road:0 m
Permafrost Zone:Mountain
Vegetation:A little lichens, otherwise no vegetation
Landform:Rel. old tertiary surface. Fine-grained surficial material, large frost wedges and polygons.
Lithology:Mainly basalt strata with 2-2.5 m superficial material on top, likely highly jointed.
Morphology:Nearly flat, top of hill or ridge.
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Longitude:-14.51611111 °
Latitude:65.67752778 °
Elevation:897 m
EPSG:4326
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