Circulation and thermodynamics in a subglacial geothermal lake under the Western Skaftá cauldron of the Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Jóhannesson, Tómas ^a   Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn ^b   Stefánsson, Andri ^c   Gaidos, Eric J ^d   Einarsson, Bergur ^b  

^a ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^b National Energy Authority Reykjavik   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HEAT TRANSFER; POTENTIAL ENERGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

LAKE TEMPERATURES; SUBGLACIAL GEOTHERMAL LAKE;

GEOTHERMAL WATER RESOURCES;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CIRCULATION; DRILLING; GLACIAL LAKE; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE SHELF; LAKE WATER; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER COLUMN; WELL LOGGING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 37349002549     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030686     Document Type: Article

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