Hydraulics and hydrology on the Inland Ice

Abstract

Glacier hydrological studies are carried out on the Greenland Inland lce by the Geological Survey of Greenland (GGU) to assess the viability of possible hydro-electric power stations (Thomsen, 1986) in which surface meltwater from the Inland lee margin is by far the most important source of water. Some of this water drains on the surface to the ice margin, but most of it disappears down into the ice through crevasses and moulins. Special emphasis is made on mapping the drainage of water in and under the ice to delineate drainage basins on the Inland Ice.