GPR for glaciological investigations
- Bedrock profile, ice thickness and internal structure using GPR
- Evaluation of ice core drilling locations
- Crevasse detection
- Airborne GPR (35MHz) from helicopter
- Broadband 35MHz for high penetration and resolution
Research
Publications
Nancy A.N. Bertler, Matt Watson, Gordon Hamilton, Peter J. Barrett,
Paul A. Mayewski ., 2003, Past and Present Mass Balance and Ice Flow
Characteristics of Victoria Lower Glacier, McMurdo Dry Valleys Antarctica, ISAG
7 - 7th International Symposium on Antarctic Glaciology , Milano, 2003 .
Watson
M.I.,Bertler N.; 2002, Subglacial topography and internal ice structure of
Victoria Lower Glacier, Antarctica, determined using ground penetrating radar.
Annual Antarctic Conference 2002, University of Auckland, NZ.
Augustinus P.A., Watson M.I., 1999. Investigation of the Coastal
Geomorphology of McMurdo Sound, Anatarctica using GPR. Antarctic Research
conference, Wellington July 1999.
Hochstein M.P., Watson M.I., Nobes D.C., Owens I., 1998. Rapid melting of
the terminal section of the Hooker Glacier. NZ Journal of Geology and Geophysics
Vol41: 203-218
Watson, M.I. 1994. Geophysical and Glaciological investigation of the Tasman
and Mueller Glaciers, Mt Cook National Park, New Zealand. Unpublished MSc
thesis, University of Auckland.
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