Abstract
In recent years there has been an increase in interest in the development of hydropower in the vicinity of the towns in Greenland. To meet this commitment GGU has had to expand its glaciological activity. Since existing knowledge of hydrological basins is insufficient to meet all the new requests, mass balance studies have been started at two additional glaciers - Buksefjord (64°), and Pakitsup ilordlia (69°) north of Jakobshavn. The existing projects at Johan Dahl Land in South Greenland and Qamanarssup sermia at the head of Godthåbsfjord are now in their fifth and third years of study, respectively. Landsat images have been used to help define basin sectors on the Inland Ice where the ice sheet forms lobes used in basin analyses. On a local basin in the region of Jakobshavn Isbræ a series of stakes has been set out extending from the edge of the Inland Ice to as far as 80 km inland, and up to an altitude of 1500 m above sea level.
Highlights
In recent years there has been an increase in interest in the development of hydropower in the vicinity of the towns in Greenland
Landsat images have been used to help define basin sectors on the Inland Ice where the ice sheet forms lobes used in basin analyses
On a local basin in the region of Jakobshavn Isbræ a series of stakes has been set out extending from the edge of the Inland Ice to as far as 80 km inland, and up to an altitude of 1500 m above sea level
Summary
The existing projects at Johan Dahl Land in South Greenland and Qamanarssup sermia at the head of Godthåbsfjord are in their fifth and third years of study, respectively. The ARCO/Nordisk Mineselskab consortium was granted permission in 1982 by the Ministry for Greenland to carry out a seismic test programme in three pre-selected areas of Jameson Land, central East Greenland. The Section for Oil Geology of the Survey carried out its own oil geological programme in the Jameson Land area.
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