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General Information

Created: 2013-12-10 00:19:01
Modified: 2014-03-06 13:56:12

Active: No
Country:Svalbard
Site:Svalbard
GTN-P:NO 41
TC-Code:AS-B-2
Responsible Countries: Norway, Svalbard,
Timezone:UTC/GMT +01:00 hours
Vegetation Type:Tundra
Responsible Person:Hanne Hvidtfeldt Christiansen

The borehole is located 2m west of the midpoint of the resistivity monitoring profile. The westernmost line of the UNISCALM grid is located 12m east of the borehole. Drilled in loess deposit

 

Permafrost present but thickness not known.

 

GROUND TEMPERATURE AT ZERO ANNUAL AMPLITUDE OR AT LOWERMOST THERMISTOR

Hydro Year      Locality in borehole                Depth(m)          Temp.              Max-min          Days

2008-2009         Lowermost thermistor             -9.85                -5.6                  0.1                   350

 

MEASUREMENTS AT THE BOREHOLE SITE

Observation of air temperature: Yes

Observation of snow thickness:  No

 

CLOSEST CLIMATE STATION

Name: Adventdalen weather station

Depth:10 m
Drilling Angle:90 °
Diameter:3.2 cm
Deepest Sensor:9.85 m
Drilling Method:Hammer Drilling
Date Drilled:01. Jan 2008
Type:Road
Distance From Road:100 m
Aspect:31.8 °
Permafrost Zone:Continuous
Vegetation:Tundra
Lithology:0-1.2m: sand and some gravel; 1.2-3m: sand/silt/clay; 3-4m: clean ice (ice wedge or thick ice lens?); 4-6m: Mainly clay/silt; -10m: clay/silt, maybe some sand. Layered. Very low resistance during. Salinity at 10m is 11.8% (analysed by L.Hutchinson) Marine ?
Morphology:Plain
Description:The borehole is located 2m west of the midpoint of the resistivity monitoring profile. The westernmost line of the UNISCALM grid is located 12m east of the borehole.
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Longitude:15.83465 °
Latitude:78.20146 °
Elevation:7.52383566 m
EPSG:4326
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